Nippon Kansai Works (Wakayama Area, Wakayama)
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Wakayama, Asia Pacific, Japan
Nippon Kansai Works (Wakayama Area, Wakayama) 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. Alongside the ore-based route, the plant runs an electric arc furnace that melts scrap and other metallics. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 3.0 million tonnes per year.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1942
Emissions
2025
3.80 Mt CO₂e
1.75 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
3,043
EAF
283
BOF
2,760
Blast Furnace
2,500
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Iron ore Imported from Australia, Brazil and India
Met coal Australia and Canada
Steel Products
pipe, piling, h-beam
Ownership
Owner Nippon Steel Corp
Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 5,051 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Wakayama
Asia Pacific
Japan
34.2335°, 135.1354°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,043 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1942
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded