Canadian Raw Materials at Nippon Steel Corp (by Julie)

Nippon Steel Corp is a massive steel company our GSE team visited today (November 18). The company is 45 years old and produces steel to supply Japan`s auto industry. The plant creates thin and thick sheets of steel for the auto industry, pipes and also tin cans for the storage of food. In two furnances the size of mountains (at least in my opinion), the plant can process 20,000 tons of iron per day. One hundred per cent of the raw materials used by the plant are imported from Canada, Brazil and Australia. It was interesting to note that the company like all the Japanese companies we've visited, are serious when it comes to the environment. Nippon Steel Corp is surrounded by over 300,000 trees, re-uses and recycles any products it can, uses ventilation systems in its furances to control CO2 emissions and continually looks for new ways to improve its processes through technology.