noun
Former name of the major Japanese steelmaker; now part of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (新日鐵住金).
新日本製鐵は2012年に住友金属工業と合併した。
Nippon Steel Corporation merged with Sumitomo Metal Industries in 2012.
The successor company after the 2012 merger; the current official name.
Compound of 新 (new), 日本 (Japan), and 製鐵 (steel manufacturing).