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FACT BOOK 2023

Basic Facts About Nippon Steel
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Steelmaking Operations

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)

Reduction Material Rate by the Japanese Steel Industry

(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)

Oil-based Fuel Consumption by the Japanese Steel Industry and Nippon Steel

(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
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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)

Power Supply at Nippon Steel Corporation, FY 2022

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

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