Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) steel plant

operating

Kashima, Asia Pacific, Japan

ISO 14001

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1968

Emissions

2025

8.72 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

3,432

BOF

3,432

Blast Furnace

4,896

Coking

920

Production

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

Iron Units

BF 1operating

4,896 ttpa5370 m³ · relined 2004wiki

BF 3retired

4,896 ttpa5370 m³ · relined 2007wiki

Steel Units

BOF

unknown BOF (1)retired

1,243 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (2)operating pre-retirement

1,243 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (3)operating pre-retirement

1,243 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (4)operating

1,716 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (5)operating

1,716 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Nippon Steel Kashima Thermal power plant (507 MW coal-fired power plant)in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal and bio-mass to Tokyo Electric Power

Iron ore Imported from Australia, Brazil and India

Met coal Australia and Canada

Steel Products

sheet

Ownership

Owner Nippon Steel Corp

Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 3,042 employees

Country Context

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

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Location

Kashima

Asia Pacific

Japan

35.9344°, 140.6810°