Tokyo Steel Kyushu is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 678 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are i-beam, piling, h-beam, plate.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
0.041 Mt CO₂e
0.08 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
678
EAF
678
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 800 kW solar power plant (began in 2021-02)
Steel Products
i-beam, piling, h-beam, plate
Ownership
Owner Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd
Parent Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 257 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 · ~8 km away
Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Kokura)
Kitakyushu · ~12 km away
Kyoei Steel Yamaguchi Division (Yamaguchi)
Onoda · ~40 km away
Nippon Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works (Shunan Area)
Shunan · ~96 km away
Nippon Kyushu Works (Oita Area, Oita)
Oita · ~107 km away
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Location
Kitakyushu
Asia Pacific
Japan
33.8814°, 130.7560°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 678 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1971
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled