Nippon Setouchi Works (Kure Area)
retiredBF–BOF Integrated route · Kure, Asia Pacific, Japan
Nippon Setouchi Works (Kure Area) 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 3.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are sheet, strip, special, hot rolled.
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Process Route
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Emissions
2023
2.53 Mt CO₂e
1.45 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
3,500
BOF
3,500
Blast Furnace
3,600
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
sheet, strip, special, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Nippon Steel Corp
Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 2,816 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Kure
Asia Pacific
Japan
34.2212°, 132.5401°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1951
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded