Operational impacts of natural disasters, infectious diseases, accidents and occupational accidents

「Costs for the restoration of facilities and other expenses arising from torrential rain in August and a typhoon in September at JFE Steel Corporation's East Japan Works (Chiba District), a consolidated subsidiary in the steel business.」

「Number of fatal accidents　0　0」

「Number of fatal accidents　0　1」

「The Group has also formulated a BCP for emergencies. For example, in the event of a major earthquake, it implements measures including establishing evacuation areas for tsunamis, maintaining company-wide command and control functions under conditions such as communications restrictions and power outages, and backing up data.」

「Although the domestic and overseas economies during the nine-month period of the current consolidated fiscal year continued to show signs of recovery from the downturn caused by COVID-19, stagnant parts supplies affected production activity in some industries.」

「In the engineering business, although the acquisition of ＪＦＥプロジェクトワン㈱ contributed to higher revenue, delays in construction and other factors resulting from the impact of COVID-19 led to revenue of ¥351.2 billion, a decrease of ¥13.5 billion, or 3.7%, from the same quarter of the previous year on a consolidated cumulative basis.」

「In the engineering business, although the acquisition of ＪＦＥプロジェクトワン㈱ contributed to higher revenue, delays in construction and other factors resulting from the impact of COVID-19 led to revenue of ¥221.9 billion, a decrease of ¥17.0 billion, or 7.1%, from the same quarter of the previous year on a consolidated cumulative basis.」

「In the engineering business, although the acquisition of ＪＦＥプロジェクトワン㈱ contributed to higher revenue, delays in construction and other factors resulting from the impact of COVID-19 led to revenue of ¥105.0 billion, a decrease of ¥8.2 billion, or 7.3%, from the same quarter of the previous year on a consolidated cumulative basis.」

「As economic activity has been constrained worldwide by the COVID-19 pandemic, we face an extremely severe situation unlike anything previously experienced, amid a rapid slowdown in the global economy and a substantial impact on domestic economic activity.」

「During the consolidated fiscal year, operational disruptions occurred at 3 blast furnaces in the Chiba and Keihin districts of the East Japan Works and the West Japan Works. Repairs and countermeasures have already been completed, and all blast furnaces have returned to normal operations.」

「Although costs increased substantially due to higher prices for auxiliary raw materials such as metals, materials and logistics, as well as the impact of operational disruptions and natural disasters such as torrential rain」

「During the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, the Japanese economy recovered moderately. Although successive natural disasters affected economic activity, exports and corporate earnings remained firm and capital investment also increased.」

「Large-scale natural disasters, the rapid spread of infectious diseases such as novel influenza, war, civil unrest, riots and terrorist activity could disrupt the Group's business activities and affect its operating performance and other results.」

「Large-scale natural disasters, the rapid spread of infectious diseases such as novel influenza, war, civil unrest, riots and terrorist activity could disrupt the Group's business activities and affect its operating performance and other results.」

「Large-scale natural disasters, the rapid spread of infectious diseases such as novel influenza, war, civil unrest, riots and terrorist activity could disrupt the Group's business activities and affect its operating performance and other results. Although the Group takes every possible measure to prevent accidents, if a serious accident involving production facilities or a serious occupational injury were to occur, business activities could be restricted and operating performance and other results could be affected.」