Kyoei Steel Hirakata Division (Osaka)
operatingEAF route · Hirakata, Asia Pacific, Japan
Kyoei Steel Hirakata Division (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 805 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are round bar, bar.
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Timeline
Operating since 1962
Emissions
2025
0.049 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
805
EAF
805
Steel Units
Steel Products
round bar, bar
Ownership
Owner Kyoei Steel Ltd
Parent Kyoei Steel Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 158 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Hirakata
Asia Pacific
Japan
34.8163°, 135.6774°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 805 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1962
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded