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Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Hikari Area) steel plant

operating

Hikari, Asia Pacific, Japan

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1955

Emissions

2025

0.1 Mt CO₂e

0.27 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

500

EAF

500

Production

Crude steel production: 410 ttpa (2024)

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
500 ttpawiki

Steel Products

wire rod, cold rolled, slab, bloom

Ownership

Owner Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corp

Parent Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corp [100.0%]

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.