Isramart : Japan steel makers to receive 56 mln T CO2 offsets

Isramart news:
* Figure is 3 mln tonnes below previous estimate

* Japan steel makers, power firms major carbon credit buyers (Adds background)

TOKYO, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Japanese steel makers now calculate carbon credits they have bought from abroad at 56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, a business lobby said on Tuesday, down 3 million tonnes from their previous estimate.