Energy

Energy Consumption by the Japanese Steel Industry

(%)

Fiscal year	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Percentage share by energy source
Coal based energy	84.4	84.3	84.6	85.3	84.7	86.1	86.2
Purchased electricity	10.4	10.1	9.7	8.5	9.3	8.6	7.9
Oil-based energy	5.2	5.6	5.7	6.2	6.0	5.3	5.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Consumption in PJ	2,264	2,178	2,172	2,155	2,124	2,062	1,759
Energy consumption per ton of crude steel produced (GJ/t-s)	20.87	21.11	20.89	20.94	21.04	21.43	21.69

Fiscal year	1990	2000	2013
Percentage share by energy source
Coal based energy	82.1	84.5	84.6
Purchased electricity	12.4	10.0	10.3
Oil-based energy	5.5	5.6	5.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Consumption in PJ	2,469	2,260	2,295
Energy consumption per ton of crude steel produced (GJ/t-s)	22.61	23.83	20.76

* 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	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Reduction material rate	518	522	516	514	522
Coke rate	335	343	336	354	334
PCI rate	183	179	180	160	188
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	2018	2019	2020	2021
Japanese steel industry^*2
Heavy oil	397	339	329	306
Kerosene and light oil	113	103	93	83
LNG and LPG (1,000 tons)	699	634	574	601
Nippon Steel Corporation
Heavy oil	92	50	136	43
・For BF injection	0	0	0	0
・For reheating/power generation	92	50	136	43
Kerosene and light oil	14	15	15	15
LNG and LPG (1,000 tons)^*3	667	569	636	679

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