HomeSteelSteel Archive Japan's Kobe Steel idles furnace, shifts production to Kakogawa mill Japan’s Kobe Steel has idled a blast furnace at its Kobe Works and shifted some production to its Kakogawa Works to improve production efficiency, the company said on Thursday November 2. The Kakogawa plant, located in the Hyogo prefecture, will now be its main production hub. The company has also halted production of other continuous casting units at the Kobe steel mill. The re-organization of production works is expected to improve operating rates and reduce costs... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Paul Lim November 02, 2017 13:10 GMT Singapore Keywords Kobe Steel Kobe Works Kakogawa Works Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}
