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JFE East Japan Works (Chiba) steel plant

operating

Chuo, Asia Pacific, Japan

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOFEAF

Timeline

Operating since 1951

Emissions

2025

6.09 Mt CO₂e

1.88 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

4,615

EAF

115

BOF

4,500

Blast Furnace

4,739

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 6operating
4,689 ttpa5153 m³ · relined 2023wiki
BF
unknown BF (1)operating
50 ttpa150 m³wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
115 ttpa10 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
300 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 3operating
2,858 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 4operating
1,642 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power 453 MW on-site thermal power generator

Steel Products

pipe, sheet, plate

Ownership

Owner JFE Steel Corp

Parent JFE Holdings Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 5,730 employees

Country Context

Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.