Kishiwada Steel Osaka 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 500 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, bar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 1956
Emissions
2025
0.03 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
500
EAF
500
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
Steel Products
billet, bar
Ownership
Owner Kishiwada Steel Co Ltd
Parent Kishiwada Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 250 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Kishiwada
Asia Pacific
Japan
34.4775°, 135.3539°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1956
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded