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Sumitomo’s Kashima Steelworks Moves toward Normal Blast Furnaces Operation
05/04/2011 - Sumitomo Metal Industries’ Kashima Steelworks has now opened all the tuyeres of its two blast furnaces for the first time since they were struck March 11 by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Sumitomo Metal Industries’ Kashima Steelworks has now opened all the tuyeres of its two blast furnaces for the first time since they were struck March 11 by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Shortly after the earthquake, the company announced that it had suspended all production lines at its Kashima Steelworks, a blast furnace-based integrated steel mill. While there were no tsunami-related submerged areas, the earthquake did damage a number of the Kashima Steelworks’ facilities such as gas holders, coke ovens, blast furnaces and port facilities.
With all forty tuyeres now open for each furnace, the Kashima Steelworks’ blast furnaces are now ready to operate normally. The company said it intends to increase pig iron output of the furnaces and achieve overall normal operation at Kashima by the end of May.
