东京讯——日本JFE钢铁公司周四表示，该公司将在与印度同行JSW钢铁公司共同运营的一家钢铁厂建设一座新高炉，使该设施的粗钢产能翻倍。
TOKYO -- JFE Steel will build a new blast furnace at a steel plant jointly operated with Indian peer JSW Steel, doubling the facility's crude steel production capacity, the Japanese company said on Thursday.
由于中国产品涌入，JFE国内业务举步维艰，该公司正将印度不断增长的市场视为其增长战略的关键部分。
With its domestic operations struggling amid an influx of Chinese products, JFE is looking to India's growing market as a key part of its growth strategy.
6月，JFE以1575亿卢比（约合16.6亿美元）收购了JSW钢铁子公司布尚电力与钢铁公司（Bhushan Power & Steel）50%的股份。双方成立了一家名为JSW JFE钢铁的新合资企业。该高炉将安装在该合资企业位于东部奥里萨邦的钢铁厂。
In June, JFE acquired a 50% stake in Bhushan Power & Steel, a subsidiary of JSW Steel, for 157.5 billion rupees ($1.66 billion). The companies launched a new joint venture called JSW JFE Steel. The blast furnace will be installed at the venture's steelworks in the eastern state of Odisha.
该工厂目前运营两座高炉，年粗钢产能为450万吨。JFE计划在新高炉投产后，到2030年将产能提高到950万吨。
The plant currently operates two blast furnaces with an annual crude steel production capacity of 4.5 million metric tons. JFE aims to raise that to 9.5 million tons by 2030 with the new furnace.
这项投资还将涵盖用于精炼高炉生产的铁水的转炉，以及用于加热和轧制钢坯的热轧带钢厂。JFE未披露投资金额。估计显示，在印度建设一座新高炉通常需要数亿至数十亿美元。
The investment will also cover converters used to refine molten iron produced by the blast furnace, as well as a hot-strip mill that heats and rolls steel slabs. JFE did not disclose the investment amount. Estimates suggest that constructing a new blast furnace in India typically requires hundreds of millions to billions of dollars.
JFE于2010年首次投资JSW钢铁，此后双方一直在包括汽车钢板在内的技术领域合作。2023年，两家公司成立了另一家合资企业，开始在南部卡纳塔克邦等地建设生产电工钢板的工厂，电工钢板是一种用于变压器及其他设备的高级钢材。
JFE first invested in JSW Steel in 2010 and has since collaborated with the company on technologies including automotive steel sheets. In 2023, the two companies established a separate joint venture and began building a plant for electrical steel sheets, a high-grade steel used in transformers and other equipment, in the southern state of Karnataka and elsewhere.
由于低价中国进口钢材产品的冲击，日本钢铁市场变得越来越严峻。鉴于国内需求长期增长的预期微乎其微，日本钢铁制造商正加大在印度的活动力度。
Japan's steel market has become increasingly challenging because of low-cost imported Chinese steel products. With little expectations of long-term growth in domestic demand, Japanese steelmakers are stepping up their activities in India.
日本制铁于2019年与欧洲的阿赛洛米塔尔联手收购了一家印度主要钢铁制造商，交易金额为7700亿日元（按当前汇率折合约49.2亿美元）。该公司正在印度西部的一家工厂投资4100亿卢比，建设两座新高炉，使年粗钢产能从900万吨提升至1500万吨。它还计划推进更多钢铁工厂项目。
Nippon Steel jointly acquired a major Indian steelmaker with Europe's ArcelorMittal in 2019 for 770 billion yen ($4.92 billion at current rates). The company is investing 410 billion rupees in a plant in plant in western India to build two new blast furnaces, raising annual crude steel capacity to 15 million tons from 9 million tons. It is also planning additional steelworks projects.
据世界钢铁协会数据，印度2025年粗钢产量为1.655亿吨，较上年增长11%。该国市场位居全球第二，仅次于中国，预计将继续增长。印度政府也采取措施保护国内钢铁产业，对部分产品征收关税，以遏制低价中国钢材的涌入。
India produced 165.5 million tons of crude steel in 2025, according to the World Steel Association, up 11% from the previous year. The country's market, the second largest in the world after China, is expected to continue growing. The Indian government has also moved to protect the domestic steel industry, imposing tariffs on certain products to curb inflows of low-cost Chinese steel.