Energy

Energy Consumption by the Japanese Steel Industry

(%)

Fiscal year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Percentage share by energy source
Coal based energy	84.6	84.4	84.3	84.6	85.3	84.7	86.1
Purchased electricity	10.3	10.4	10.1	9.7	8.5	9.3	8.6
Oil-based energy	5.1	5.2	5.6	5.7	6.2	6.0	5.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Consumption in PJ	2,295	2,264	2,178	2,172	2,155	2,124	2,062
Energy consumption per ton of crude steel produced (GJ/t-s)	20.76	20.87	21.11	20.89	20.94	21.04	21.43

Fiscal year	1990	2000	2012
Percentage share by energy source
Coal based energy	82.1	84.5	84.8
Purchased electricity	12.4	10.0	10.1
Oil-based energy	5.5	5.6	5.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Consumption in PJ	2,469	2,260	2,253
Energy consumption per ton of crude steel produced (GJ/t-s)	22.61	23.83	21.43

* Some data from 1990 to 2006 have been retroactively
adjusted when the data for 2007 were reported.

Source: Handbook for Iron and Steel Statistics
(The Japan Iron and Steel Federation)

(kg/ton of pig iron tapped)

Fiscal year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Reduction material rate	515	518	522	516	514
Coke rate	339	335	343	336	354
PCI rate	176	183	179	180	160
Tar rate	0	0	0	0	0
Heavy oil rate	0	0	0	0	0

Fiscal year	1973	1980	1985	1990	1995
Reduction material rate	498	476	501	504	522
Coke rate	440	458	484	440	408
PCI rate	0	0	15	60	111
Tar rate	5	6	2	1	2
Heavy oil rate	53	12	0	3	1

Notes:
1) PCI: Pulverized coal injection
2) 1990 and before: BF fuel rate

Source: Handbook for Iron and Steel Statistics
(The Japan Iron and Steel Federation)

(1,000 kiloliters)

Fiscal year	2017	2018	2019	2020
Japanese steel industry^*2
Heavy oil	520	397	339	329
Kerosene and light oil	112	113	103	93
LNG and LPG (1,000 tons)	734	699	634	574
Nippon Steel Corporation
Heavy oil	78	92	50	136
・For BF injection	0	0	0	0
・For reheating/power generation	78	92	50	136
Kerosene and light oil	14	14	15	15
LNG and LPG (1,000 tons)^*3	730	667	569	636

Fiscal year	1973^*1	1980	1985	1990	1995
Japanese steel industry^*2
Heavy oil	13,463	4,120	1,878	2,274	1,925
Kerosene and light oil	1,003	686	364	423	354
LNG and LPG (1,000 tons)	825	884	792	1,129	1,103
Nippon Steel Corporation
Heavy oil	4,522	1,044	118	199	118
・For BF injection	2,498	607	0	73	8
・For reheating/power generation	2,024	437	118	126	110
Kerosene and light oil	309	43	22	43	32
LNG and LPG (1,000 tons)^*3	150	377	281	370	511

*1 Highest (since 1970)

*2 Source: Handbook for Iron and Steel Statistics
(The Japan Iron and Steel Federation)

*3 Including city gas(calorific value adjustment natural gas)

*Blast furnace top-pressure recovery turbines, waste heat recovery from coke- dry quenching equipment, others