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• Steel Slag Used to Create Artificial Fish Reef

Kobe Steel combined slag, produced as a result of the ironmaking process, and steel to create an artificial steel reef in the waters around the Ieshima Islands. Testing is currently underway 易游游戏官网th the aim of cultivating seaweed and improving the fishing environment.

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易游游戏官网 Steel has set out voluntary control targets and is working to reinforce measures aimed at reducing the quantity of dust particles produced by its Kakogawa Works. Targets for fiscal 2009 were achieved through initiatives such as increasing dust collection capacity

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• Biogas Initiative to Substantially Reduce CO₂ Emissions

Kobelco Eco-Solutions has launched an initiative aimed at using biogas from sewage sludge as municipal gas. This is the first such initiative in Japan and 易游游戏官网ll reduce annual CO₂ emissions by 1,000 易游游戏官网tric tons.

• Getting Close to Nature at Biotope Next to Power Plant

The biotope at Nadahama Science Square, a community exchange facility operated by Kobe Steel, is home to a number of invaluable endangered species of freshwater fish and plants. The Nature Classroom Program gives children the opportunity to observe such 易游游戏官网ldlife and learn about the living environment.