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Table 2 Descriptive statistics: OHF

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

 

OHF (N = 1286)

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Production

 Crude steel (kt)

92.6

57.9

1.4

326.7

Capital

 Capacity (t/ch.)

73

38

30

180

Labor

 No. workers (pers.)

96

40

13

197

Energy

 Electricity (MWh)

2.5

2.2

0

18.9

 Heavy oil (k\(\ell\))

5.2

3.0

0

21.4

Material

 Pig iron (kt)

63.4

48.4

0

253.6

 Scrap (kt)

38.9

22.3

0

134.8

  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”)