Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima)
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Kashima, Asia Pacific, Japan
Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) 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 3.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are sheet.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1968
Emissions
2025
8.72 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
3,432
BOF
3,432
Blast Furnace
4,896
Coking
920
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Nippon Steel Kashima Thermal power plant (507 MW coal-fired power plant)in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal and bio-mass to Tokyo Electric Power
Iron ore Imported from Australia, Brazil and India
Met coal Australia and Canada
Steel Products
sheet
Ownership
Owner Nippon Steel Corp
Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 3,042 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Kashima
Asia Pacific
Japan
35.9344°, 140.6810°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,432 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1968
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded