Nippon signs coke agreement with Mitsui Mining

Nippon signs coke agreement with Mitsui Mining

According to the statement released by Japanese steel producer Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), the company has signed a long-term agreement with Mitsui Mining regarding coke supply. In line with the agreement, Mitsui Mining will reactivate dormant coke-oven battery, which has an annual production capacity of 500'000 tons, to produce metallurgical coke. All the production at the coke-oven battery will be purchased by NSC for a period of ten years. Mitsui's coke oven battery called Battery 1A was idled in December 1988 and has not been operational since then. After the coke-oven battery starts operations, the coke production of Mitsui will reach 2.1 million tons from the current 1.6 million tons.