JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki)
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Kurashiki, Asia Pacific, Japan
JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) 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. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 2.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, rail, sheet, plate, coated, bar, pipe, piling, profile.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
12.8 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
2,000
BOF
2,000
Blast Furnace
7,600
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Iron ore Australia, Brazil and India
Steel Products
wire rod, rail, sheet, plate, coated, bar, pipe, piling, profile
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
Kurashiki
Asia Pacific
Japan
34.5012°, 133.7221°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1967
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded