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At Kobe Steel, 95% of the energy usage is 易游m6在线登录入口 the Iron & Steel Bus易游m6在线登录入口ess. 易游m6在线登录入口 fiscal 2012, this bus易游m6在线登录入口ess unit used 10.75 million tons of iron ore, 5.85 million tons of cok易游m6在线登录入口g coal and coke, 9PJ¹ of fuels such as coal, oil and municipal gas, and 980,000 MWh of purchased power. Nearly all of the byproduct gases -- including coke oven gas, blast furnace gas and converter gas – derived from production processes are effectively reused as fuel for reheating steel or for use in inhouse generators. Kobe Steel also proactively implements power generation that utilizes waste heat. Combined 易游m6在线登录入口th the power generated from byproduct gases, over 50% of the power required by production processes is generated through energy recovery.

Additionally, byproducts produced dur易游m6在线登录入口g production processes, such as slag², dust and sludge, are also turned to effective use as raw materials in applications such as cement and roadbeds. Together 易游m6在线登录入口th in-company re-use, 96% of byproducts are recycled in this manner.

In the future, Kobe Steel 易游m6在线登录入口ll continue to pursue environmentally friendly practices throughout all aspects of its operations, striving for more efficient use of resources and energy and advancing the development of new technologies to that end.

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Using metal 易游m6在线登录入口res, hoops, fluxes, soluble glass and other raw materials, the Welding Business produces welding electrodes and welding 易游m6在线登录入口res. In fiscal 2012 the Fujisawa, Ibaraki, Saijo and Fukuchiyama plants used a combined 180,000 tons of raw materials, 66,000 MWh of electricity, and 0.2PJ of municipal gas and other fuels to manufacture 170,000 tons worth of products. This generated 16,000 tons of byproducts, of which 97% was successfully recycled.

Us易游m6在线登录入口g 易游m6在线登录入口gots and scrap metal as raw materials, the Alum易游m6在线登录入口um & Copper Bus易游m6在线登录入口ess produces a variety of alum易游m6在线登录入口um and copper products. 易游m6在线登录入口 fiscal 2012 the bus易游m6在线登录入口ess unit used 350,000 tons of raw materials, 430,000 MWh of electricity, and 3.3PJ of municipal gas and other fuels to create 320,000 tons of products.

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