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The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 1 Descriptive statistics: BOF

From: The effects of new technology on productivity: technological improvement and reallocation efficiency in the Japanese steelmaking industry

 

BOF (N = 256)

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Production

 Crude steel (kt)

523.2

326.0

5.1

1648.3

Capital

 Capacity (t/ch.)

73

38

30

180

Labor

 No. workers (pers.)

96

40

13

197

Energy

 Electricity (MWh)

9.4

12.7

0.1

80.7

 Heavy oil (k\(\ell\))

0.2

0.4

0

2.0

Material

 Pig iron (kt)

457.4

285.4

0

1387.5

 Scrap (kt)

109.3

77.1

1.1

424.3

  1. N represents the sample size, that is, total furnace-years
  2. All values listed are per furnace
  3. The capacity of the furnace, t/ch, is the amount of intermediate material that can be fed in during one steel-making operation (called a “charge”)