Nippon Steel Corp. halted an oxygen furnace at its Kimitsu steel plant in Japan's Chiba prefecture after Typhoon Faxai toppled a chimney that discharges gas, Reuters reported Sept. 11, citing a company spokeswoman.
Blast furnaces are operating normally, but the company may need to cut output if the repairs take longer, the spokeswoman said in the report.
Some 430,000 households in Chiba are still affected by power outages caused by the typhoon, which pummeled eastern Japan on Sept. 9, causing transport chaos and building damage.
