Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Kokura)
retiredBF–BOF Integrated route · Kitakyushu, Asia Pacific, Japan
Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Kokura) 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 2.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rail, plate, bar, pipe, piling, wire.
Process Route
Timeline
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
2,000
BOF
2,000
Blast Furnace
1,500
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power CPP, also provides power generated via coal to Kyushu Electric Power (does not distinguish between Tobata and Kokura facilities of Yawata)
Iron ore Imported from Australia, Brazil and India
Met coal Australia and Canada
Steel Products
rail, plate, bar, pipe, piling, wire
Ownership
Owner Nippon Steel Corp
Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 1,789 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Nearby Plants
Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Tobata)
Kitakyushu · ~4 km away
Tokyo Steel Kyushu
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Kyoei Steel Yamaguchi Division (Yamaguchi)
Onoda · ~28 km away
Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Shunan Area)
Shunan · ~84 km away
Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Hikari Area)
Hikari · ~97 km away
Other Nippon Steel Corp plants
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Location
Kitakyushu
Asia Pacific
Japan
33.8977°, 130.8824°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1957
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded