Steelworks - Seitetsujo

Japanese: 製鉄所 - せいてつじょ

Currently, it refers to a steelworks that performs all the processes from pig iron production to steel product production. A factory that only produces steel and rolls is not called a steelworks. The raw material receiving and processing facilities, steelmaking and rolling factories, etc. are rationally arranged around the pig iron production facilities such as blast furnaces, coke ovens, and hot stoves, and unified production management is carried out. An economical scale is said to be more than 7 million tons of pig iron per year with several blast furnaces, but today's new steelworks are often on the 10 million tons scale. In Japan, which relies on overseas sources for steelmaking raw materials, all steelworks have been coastal steelworks since the government-run Yawata Steel Works was founded in 1896. However, in recent years, with the depletion of domestic resources in Europe and the United States, steelworks are shifting from inland steelworks in coal and iron ore producing areas to coastal locations that are advantageous for both receiving raw materials and shipping products.
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Japanese:

現在では，銑鉄の製造から鋼製品の製造までの銑鋼一貫作業を行う製鉄工場のこと。製鋼・圧延だけの工場は製鉄所とは呼ばない。高炉，コークス炉，熱風炉などの製銑設備を中心に，原料受入れ・処理設備，製鋼・圧延工場などを合理的に配置し，統一的な生産管理が行われる。経済的な規模は高炉数基をもつ，銑鉄年産700万t以上とされるが，今日の新設製鉄所では1000万t規模のものが多い。製鉄原料を海外に依存する日本では1896年創立の官営の八幡製鉄所以来すべて臨海製鉄所であったが，近年は欧米でも国内資源の枯渇とともに，石炭・鉄鉱石産地の内陸製鉄所から，原燃料受入れ，製品積出しがともに有利な臨海立地へ転換しつつある。
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