Daido Steel Chita plant (Tokai) is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are forged, wire, strip.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1962
Emissions
2025
0.09 Mt CO₂e
0.08 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
1,500
EAF
1,500
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power hydro, wind and solar from Chubu Electric Power Miraizu Co., Ltd.
Steel Products
forged, wire, strip
Ownership
Owner Daido Steel Co Ltd
Parent Daido Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 3,878 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Tokai
Asia Pacific
Japan
35.0164°, 136.8647°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1962
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded