Nippon Steel halts Kamaishi Works after quake

TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) -Nippon Steel Corp (5401.T), the world's second-biggest steelmaker, said on Thursday it had stopped steel output at its Kamaishi Works in northern Japan for inspections after a strong earthquake jolted the area. [ID:nT373018] A company official at the Kamaishi Works said it had also shut a 149-megawatt coal-fired power plant at the facility for an inspection. The company supplies all the power output from the plant to Tohoku Electric Power Co (9506.T).

It was not immediately clear when the company would restart the steel and power output operations at the facility, the official said. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Hugh Lawson)