Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Tobata) steel plant

operating

Kitakyushu, Asia Pacific, Japan

ISO 14001

GEM wiki

Process Route

Timeline

Announced1896

Operating1901

Emissions

2025

5.34 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)

Blast Furnace

4,543

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker).

Iron Units

BF 4operating

4,543 ttpa5000 m³ · relined 2014wiki

Steel Units

EAF

unknown EAF (1)announced

2,000 ttpa340 tTenovawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement

609 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (2)operating pre-retirement

609 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (3)operating pre-retirement

1,254 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (4)operating pre-retirement

1,254 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal to Kyushu Electric Power (does not distinguish between Tobata and Kokura facilities of Yawata); Tobata power station (due to aging, there are plans to replace it with a 2000mw LNG power plant by 2040)

Iron ore Imported from Australia, Brazil and India

Met coal Australia and Canada

Steel Products

rail, plate, bar, pipe, piling, wire

Ownership

Owner Nippon Steel Corp

Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 1,789 employees

Country Context

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

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Location

Kitakyushu

Asia Pacific

Japan

33.9118°, 130.8380°