Development of environment-friendly steel products at Kawasaki steel

This paper describes the research and development of environmentally harmonized steel products. Dealing with environmental problems is one of the biggest issues facing corporate businesses in the 21st century. Kawasaki Steel has vigorously been promoting both (1) energy conservation and (2) recycling of resources, through its steel production processes. In recent years, Kawasaki Steel has been engaged in developing steel products effective to the following three environmental issues; (1) energy conservation and reduction of CO2 emissions, (2) recycling and reduction of wastes, and (3) environmental protection.