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Emission Data of Production Facilities

The following is the data on exhaust gas and wastewater emissions as well as major chemical substance emissions or transfers from all works and plants of Kobe Steel and major group companies. The tables show numerical targets and actual emissions of exhaust gases (NOx, dust and dioxins) and major elements of wastewater from facilities such as chemical oxygen demand (COD) or biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS), oil and dioxins.

The emission data includes data from group companies, which are administered by Kobe Steel, operating on the premises of Kobe Steel's facilities.

Air Quality Data

* Numerical targets are based on the Air Pollution Control Law, prefectural government ordinances, and the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins.
* Unit: ppm for NOx, mg/Nm³ for dust, and ng-TEQ/ Nm³ for dioxins
* Numerical targets are set separately for each facility.
* The following substances can be excluded from the tables because their emissions do not reach the quantitation limit or are less than the numerical targets:
SOx, cadmium, chlorine, hydrogen chloride, fluorine, hydrogen fluoride and silicon fluoride, lead, benzene, trichloroethylene, dioxin.

Water Quality Data

* Numerical targets are based on the Water Pollution Control Law, prefectural government ordinances, the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins, the Sewage Water Law, and municipal government ordinances concerning sewage water.
* Unit: mg/l (pg-TEQ/l for dioxins)
* ND (Not detected): Below the quantitation limits
* The following substances are excluded from the tables because their emissions do not reach the quantitation limit or are less than the numerical targets:
pH, BOD, total nitrogen, total phosphorous, phenols, total chromium, soluble iron, soluble manganese, fluorine, copper, zinc, cadmium, total cyanide, organophosphorus compounds, lead, hexavalent chromium, arsenic, total mercury, alkyl mercury, PCB, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, 1,3-dichloropropene, thiram, simazine, thiobencarb, benzene, selenium

Chemical substance

* unit: kg
Note: Data of Kobe Special Tube Co., Ltd, Kobe Welding Wire Co. Ltd., Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd, Shinko-North Co., Ltd, and Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd. are as of fiscal 2003.

Kakogawa Works (Iron & Steel)
1 Kanazawacho, Kakogawa, Hyogo 675-0137
Tel +81-794-36-1111 / Fax +81-794-36-1400

Main Products:Steel plate, hot-rolled sheet, cold-rolled sheet, coated sheet, wire rod

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Boiler Reheating Furnace	250 190 160	5 - 33 17 - 44 16 - 65
Dust	Boiler Boiler Reheating Furnace	100 70 150	1 - 8 1 - 5 0 - 4
Dioxins	Sintering Plant Industrial Waste Incinerator	1 5	0.27 - 0.45 0.068

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	20 40 1.5 ¹⁾ 10	1.0 - 5.2 1 - 14 < 1 0.0014

1) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 17

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
HCFC-141b	12,000	0	0	0	0	0	Degreasing rolled steel
Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts	0	9,700	0	0	0	1,700	Pickling steel plate surface in rolling process
Toluene	9,000	0	0	0	0	91	Painting

Kobe Works (Iron & Steel)
2 Nadahama Higashi-machi, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0863
Tel +81-78-882-8030 / Fax +81-78-882-8290

Main Products:Steel wire rod, bar

Air	(Data as of Fiscal 2003)

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Boiler Reheating Furnace	250 130 100	1.9 - 138 1.6 - 67 7.1 - 82
Dust	Boiler Boiler Reheating Furnace	200 50 150	17 - 91 < 1 6 - 10
Dioxins	Industrial Waste Incinerator	10	0.16

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	20 40 1.5 ¹⁾ 50	0.2 - 5.0 < 1 - 21 < 1 0.0014

1) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 13

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Manganese and its compounds	18	100	0	0	0	4,900	Added to molten steel in steelmaking process
Mercaptoacetic acid	0	1,200	0	0	0	750	Used in pickling process
Molybdenum and its compounds	15	630	0	0	0	26	Added to molten steel

Takasago Works (Iron & Steel / Machinery & Engineering)
3-1, Shinhama 2-chome, Araicho, Takasago, Hyogo 676-8670
Tel +81-794-45-7111 / Fax +81-794-45-7231

Main Products:
Steel castings and forgings, titanium products, steel powder, industrial machinery, chemical equipment

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	130 150 200	62 27 52
Dust	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	50 100 100	1.0 5.9 1.0
Dioxins	Incinerator Steelmaking Electric Furnace(steel powder)	80 20	Suspended 0.086

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	- - - NA	2.3 2.2 < 0.5 -

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 12

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Methylene chloride	54,000	0	0	0	0	5,500	Degreasing and cleaning of titanium scrap
Xylene	36,000	0	0	0	0	250	Painting
Toluene	27,000	0	0	0	0	140	Contained in binding agent

Kobe Special Tube Co., Ltd. (Iron & Steel)
13-1 Chofu-Minatomachi, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi 752-0953
Tel +81-832-46-3781 / Fax +81-832-45-10922

Main Products:Steel tube, nonferrous metal tube, and steel belt

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Reheating Furnace	180	69
Dust	Reheating Furnace	200	5 and below
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	20 40 5 NA	6.9 4.2 0.6 -

1) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 2

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Trichloroethylene	5,100	0	0	0	0	0	Lubricant
Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts	280	1,800	0	0	0	14	Pickling

Fujisawa Industrial Operations (Welding)
100-1, Miyamae, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8551
Tel +81-466-20-3111 / Fax +81-466-20-3115

Product:semi-automatic welding wire

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	NA	-	-
Dust	NA	-	-
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Shinko Taseto, Co., Ltd. is included in the data.

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	60 90 5 ¹⁾ NA	3.3 - 11.5 0.42 - 4.8 0.1 - 0.6 -

1) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 5

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Molybdenum and its compounds	0	0	0	0	0	1,100	Added to products
Chromium and chromium (III) compounds	0	0	0	0	0	560	Added to products
Manganese and its compounds	0	0	0	0	0	190	Added to products

Ibaraki Plant (Welding)
2-19, Higashi Unobecho, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0879
Tel +81-72-621-2111 / Fax +81-72-620-2051

Main Products:Flux-cored welding wires, covered welding electrodes, dozed fluxes

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Dry kiln Water cooling/heating equipment	150 230 150	74 26 31
Dust	Boiler Dry kiln Water cooling/heating equipment	100 200 100	1 3 2
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	- 300 ¹⁾ 5 ^{1) 2)} NA	4.2 - 7.0 0.7 - 5.7 0.7 - 3.0 -

1) Ibaraki City sewage regulation
2) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 7

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Manganese and its compounds	11	0	0	0	0.2	17,000	Added to welding wire
Molybdenum and its compounds	2.3	0	0	0	0.0	16,000	Added to welding wire
Chromium and chromium (III) compounds	1.5	0	0	0	0.1	2,300	Added to welding wire for stainless steel

Saijo Plant (Welding)
6400-1, Saijocho-Misonou, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0024
Tel +81-824-23-3311 / Fax +81-824-20-0038

Main Products:Covered welding electrodes, high-functional materials

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Dry Kiln	230	7 - 45
Dust	Dry Kiln	200	2 - 34
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
BOD SS Oil Dioxins	- - 5 ^{1) 2)} NA	30 - 516 0.4 - 3.4 0.0 - 3.8 -

1) Higashi-Hiroshima City sewage ordinance
2) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 2

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Manganese and its compounds	28	0	0	0	0	7,900	Added to welding electrode
Xylene	340	0	0	0	0	0	Contained in kerosene

Kobe Welding Wire Co. Ltd. (Welding)
Osadano-cho 3-chome, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto 620-0853
Tel +81-773-27-2131 / Fax +81-773-27-6358

Main Products:Solid welding wires, TIG welding rods

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Annealing Furnace	180	100 - 110
Dust	Annealing Furnace	200	< 10
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	- 600 ¹⁾ 5 ¹⁾²⁾ NA	1.0 - 2.2 ND - 1.0 1.9 - 3.5 -

1) Fukuchiyama City sewage ordinance
2) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 4

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Methylene chloride	22,000	0	0	0	0	800	Wire cleaning
Molybdenum and its compounds	0	0	0	0	0	1,400	Lubricant
Inorganic cyanide compounds	0	0	0	0	0	590	Wire painting

Moka Plant (Aluminum & Copper)
15 Kinugaoka, Moka, Tochigi 321-4367
Tel +81-285-82-4111 / Fax +81-285-84-0231

Main Products:Aluminum sheet and strip

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	250 200 230	35 - 167 45 - 120 19 - 140
Dust	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	300 300 250	1 - 92 1 - 19 1 - 44
Dioxins	Industrial Waste Incinerator Aluminum Alloy Production Facility	10 5	0.00084 0.000 - 0.27

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	25 50 5 ¹⁾ NA	< 1.0 - 9.7 < 1.0 - 11.6 < 0.5 - 2.5 -

1) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 15

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Chromium and chromium (III) compounds	0	0	0	0	0	32,000	Surface treatment of aluminum sheet
Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts	0	470	0	0	0	29,000	Surface treatment of aluminum sheet
Manganese and its compounds	0	0	0	0	0	14,000	Added to molten aluminum

Chofu Plant (Aluminum & Copper)
14-1, Chofu Minatomachi, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi 752-0953
Tel +81-832-46-1211 / Fax +81-832-46-1271

Main Products:Aluminum extrusions, fabricated aluminum products, copper sheet and strip

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	240 170 140	39 38 34
Dust	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	200 300 300	5 33 5
Dioxins	Aluminum Alloy Production Facility	5	1.1

Shinko Fab Tech, Ltd. is included in the data.

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	30 50 2.5 10	4.9 1.2 0.5 0.7

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 12

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts	0	7.200	0	0	0	6,200	Copper sheet pickling
Trichloroethylene	7,500	0	0	0	0	0	Aluminum tube cleaning
Xylene	2,900	0.0	0	0	0	0	Painting

Daian Plant (Aluminum & Copper)
1100 Umedo, Daian-cho, Inabe-gun, Mie 511-0284
Tel +81-594-77-0330 / Fax +81-594-77-2249

Main Products:Cast and forged aluminum-alloy and magnesium-alloy products

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	110 120 120	102.5 33 76.5
Dust	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	200 100 100	2 40 16
Dioxins	Aluminum Alloy Production Facility	5	0.9

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	10 10 2 -	3 1.7 1 0.0006

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 5

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Methylene chloride	5,600	0	0	0	0	130	Cleaning of fabricated aluminum products
Phenol	0	0	0	0	0	1,600	Bond for molding sand in casting process
Hexavalent chromium compounds	0	0	0	0	0	310	Surface treatment of cast products

Kobelco & Materials Copper Tube, Ltd. (Hatano Plant)
(Aluminum & Copper)
65 Hirasawa, Hadano, Kanagawa 257-0015
Tel +81-463-82-3111 / Fax +81-463-83-1920

Main Products:Copper tube

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	- - -	- 28 - 34 47 - 150
Dust	Boiler Melting Furnace Reheating Furnace	- 20 25	- 4.1 - 7.0 0.1 - 0.6
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	15 35 3 -	1.9 - 7.1 2.0 - 6.1 1.0 - 1.3 -

1) Fukuchiyama City sewage ordinance
2) Liquid petroleum

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 2

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Toluene	1,000	0	0	0	0	0	Painting
Xylene	200	0	0	0	0	480	Degreasing and cleaning

Shinko North Co., Ltd. (Aluminum & Copper)
1758-1 Kamiinayoshi, Chiyodamachi, Niihari-gun, Ibaraki 315-8523
Tel +81-299-59-4111 / Fax +81-299-59-4597

Main Products:Fabricated aluminum products (temporary construction material, automotive material), aluminum free-cutting material for office equipmenti

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	Boiler	180	130
Dust	Boiler	300	< 10.0
Dioxins	NA	< 10.0	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	15 20 5 NA	4.2 3 1.3 -

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 1

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Bisphenol A Epoxy Resin	0	0	0	0	0	0	Adhesive

Harima Plant (Machinery & Engineering)
41 Niijima, Harimacho, Kako-gun, Hyogo 675-0155
Tel +81-794-36-2101 / Fax +81-794-36-2199

Main Products:Bridge components, compressors

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	NA	-	-
Dust	NA	-	-
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	100 90 25 NA	1.9 2 ND -

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 4

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Xylene	12,000	0	0	0	0	0	Painting
Toluene	6,600	0	0	0	0	0	Painting
Ethylbenzene	6,000	0	0	0	0	0	Painting

Shinko Engineering Co., Ltd. (Machinery & Machinery)
1682-2 Motoimacho, Ogaki, Gifu 503-8505
Tel +81-584-89-3121 / Fax +81-584-87-0020

Main Products:Co-generation systems, generators, transmissions, testing machines, plant shredders, and mini excavators

Air

Substance	Facility	Numerical Targets	Actual
NOx	NA	-	-
Dust	Melting Furnace	200	30 - 120
Dioxins	NA	-	-

Water

Substance	Numerical Targets	Actual
COD SS Oil Dioxins	- 40 - -	1.6 - 5.0 < 1 - 6.0 - -

Chemical Substances

Total substances used: 3

Substance	Emission				Transfer		Main use or process
Substance	Air	Public water	Soil	Landfill within plant	Emission	Transfer	Main use or process
Xylene	15,000	0	0	0	0	18,000	Painting
Toluene	2,700	0	0	0	0	10,000	Painting
Ethylbenzene	1,900	0	0	0	0	10,000	Painting