Kamaishi Mines Tanaka Steel Works

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[Japanese History]
Japan's modern steel industry began with the operation of a Western-style blast furnace in Kamaishi (Iwate Prefecture) in 1857, but it wasn't until the establishment of the government-run Yawata Steel Works (promulgation of the Steel Works Official Regulations in 1896) that the industry really took off. The Kamaishi steelworks, despite repeated technical failures, was run by the Meiji government before becoming the privately run Kamaishi Mines Tanaka Steel Works, and its pig iron production exceeded that of the old pig iron sand production after 1894. Steel was also produced on a small scale at the army and navy arsenals using the crucible steelmaking method and the acid open hearth method.

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【日本の歴史】
　日本における近代的鉄鋼業は，釜石(岩手県)の洋式高炉の操業(1857)に始まるが，本格的には官営の八幡製鉄所の設立(1896年製鉄所官制公布)によってもたらされた。釜石の製鉄所は，技術的失敗を繰り返しつつ，明治政府の官営を経て，民間の釜石鉱山田中製鉄所となり，その銑鉄生産高は1894年以降，旧来の砂鉄銑を上回った。また陸海軍工廠においても，小規模ではあるが，るつぼ製鋼法や酸性平炉法により鋼の生産が行われていた。…

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