Kyoei Steel Yamaguchi Division (Yamaguchi)
operatingEAF route · Onoda, Asia Pacific, Japan
Kyoei Steel Yamaguchi Division (Yamaguchi) 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 575 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are angle, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1972
Emissions
2025
0.035 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
575
EAF
575
Steel Units
Steel Products
angle, 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
Onoda
Asia Pacific
Japan
33.9765°, 131.1730°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 575 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1972
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded