JFE East Japan Works (Chiba)
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Chuo, Asia Pacific, Japan
JFE East Japan Works (Chiba) makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. Alongside the ore-based route, the plant runs an electric arc furnace that melts scrap and other metallics. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 4.6 million tonnes per year.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1951
Emissions
2025
6.09 Mt CO₂e
1.88 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
4,615
EAF
115
BOF
4,500
Blast Furnace
4,739
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 453 MW on-site thermal power generator
Steel Products
pipe, sheet, plate
Ownership
Owner JFE Steel Corp
Parent JFE Holdings Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 5,730 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Chuo
Asia Pacific
Japan
35.5809°, 140.1042°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 4,615 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1951
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded