Operational Status of Nagoya Works’ Facilities(As of 16:30 on September 11, 2014)

Sep. 11, 2014

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

The operational status of Nagoya Works’ major facilities, which suspended operation due to the accident on September 3rd, is stated below.
As of today, all major facilities, with the exception of the No. 1 Coke Oven, where the accident occurred, have resumed operation.  

We sincerely regret the great trouble, and inconvenience caused to the people of the local community and those concerned by the accident.
We will continue to investigate the cause of the series of accidents and make company-wide efforts to take measures to prevent any accidents.
 

Facility	Time and date of resumption of　operation
No. 4 Coke Oven	21:26, September 5th
No. 3 Blast Furnace	7:25, September 6th
No. 5 Coke Oven	14:27, September 6th
No. 1 Blast Furnace	15:49, September 6th
Steelmaking Plant	15:51, September 6th
No. 2 Coke Oven	17:18, September 6th
Plate Mill	3:30, September 7th
No. 5 Continuous hot-dip galvanizing & galvannealing line(CGL)	17:05, September 7th
No. 2 Continuous hot-dip galvanizing & galvannealing line(CGL)	18:08, September 7th
Hot Rolling Mill	10:51, September 8th
No. 1 Continuous hot-dip galvanizing & galvannealing line(CGL)	20:25, September 8th
No. 2 Continuous annealing and processing line(CAPL)	14:50, September 9th
No. 1 Continuous annealing and processing line(CAPL)	14:00, September 11th

(No. 1 coke oven remains suspended from operation.)

We will conclude timely updating of the operational status of the facilities with this last release.