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JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant

operating

Kurashiki, Asia Pacific, Japan

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Construction1961
Operating1967

Emissions

2025

12.8 Mt CO₂e

1.90 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

2,000

BOF

2,000

Blast Furnace

7,600

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 2operating pre-retirement
3,684 ttpa4100 m³ · relined 2003wiki
BF
BF 3operating
3,800 ttpa5055 m³ · relined 2010wiki
BF
BF 4operating
3,800 ttpa5100 m³ · relined 2021wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
2,000 ttpa300 tDanieliwiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,000 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,000 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating pre-retirement
1,000 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (4)operating pre-retirement
2,333 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (5)operating pre-retirement
2,333 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (6)operating pre-retirement
2,333 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Iron ore Australia, Brazil and India

Steel Products

wire rod, rail, sheet, plate, coated, bar, pipe, piling, profile

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.