Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Tobata)
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Kitakyushu, Asia Pacific, Japan
Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Tobata) is an ironmaking site: its blast furnace smelts iron ore into liquid hot metal for downstream steelmaking. Its main products are rail, plate, bar, pipe, piling, wire.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
5.34 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)
Blast Furnace
4,543
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker).
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal to Kyushu Electric Power (does not distinguish between Tobata and Kokura facilities of Yawata); Tobata power station (due to aging, there are plans to replace it with a 2000mw LNG power plant by 2040)
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, Kokura)
Kitakyushu · ~4 km away
Tokyo Steel Kyushu
Kitakyushu · ~8 km away
Kyoei Steel Yamaguchi Division (Yamaguchi)
Onoda · ~32 km away
Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Shunan Area)
Shunan · ~88 km away
Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Hikari Area)
Hikari · ~101 km away
Other Nippon Steel Corp plants
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Location
Kitakyushu
Asia Pacific
Japan
33.9118°, 130.8380°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Commissioned
- 1901
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded