Asset Report
Kimitsu steel plant
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Located in Chiba prefecture, Nippon Steel's Kimitsu plant produces a range of flat and long products, including: hot and cold rolled coils, galvanised steels, colour coated sheet, plate, wire rod and a range of pipe products. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.
Table of contents
- Summary
- Key issues
- Iron ore
- Coal
- Coke
- Metallics
- Energy
- Capital costs
- Operating cash costs
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Detailed map
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Final steel production (Mt)Production table (Mtpa)Operation cash costs table (US$/tonne)Economic assumptions
What's included
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