Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant

operating

Kakogawa, Asia Pacific, Japan

ISO 14001

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOFDRI

Timeline

Operating since 1970

Emissions

2025

6.97 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

4,394

BOF

4,394

Blast Furnace

7,738

DRI

Sinter

6,132

Coking

2,500

Pelletising

4,015

Production

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

Iron Units

BF 1retired

3,650 ttpa4550 m³ · relined 1988wiki

BF 2operating

4,088 ttpa5400 m³ · relined 2007wiki

BF 3operating

3,650 ttpa4500 m³ · relined 2016wiki

DRI

unknown DRI (1)operating

16 ttpaKobelcowiki

Steel Units

EAF

unknown EAF (1)announced

wiki

BOF

unknown BOF (1)operating

2,197 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (2)operating

2,197 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (3)operating pre-retirement

2,197 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power in house power plant

Iron ore Australia, Brazil, India

Met coal Australia, Canada, USA

Steel Products

wire rod, sheet, plate, hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized sheet

Ownership

Owner Kobe Steel Ltd

Parent Kobe Steel Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 2,505 employees

Country Context

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

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Location

Kakogawa

Asia Pacific

Japan

34.7203°, 134.8263°