US Edition'Momentous Day' as Largest Electric Arc Furnace in UK to Be Built in Wales
PORT TALBOT STEELWORKS, SOUTH WALES, UK, JUL 14 – The £1.25 billion project, supported by a £500 million UK Government grant, will produce 3 million tonnes of steel annually and cut carbon emissions by 90%, securing 5,000 jobs.
- Tata Steel began construction on Monday in Port Talbot, Wales, of the UK's largest electric arc furnace, marking a major industrial milestone.
- The project follows Tata’s closure in September 2024 of the site’s two blast furnaces due to cost pressures and climate targets aiming to end raw material steelmaking in Wales.
- Supported by a £500 million UK government investment and led by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine, the £1.25 billion furnace will recycle scrap steel and create new infrastructure.
- Tata Group chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran described the event as a milestone that ushers in a future of cleaner, more environmentally responsible steel production in Britain.
- The furnace is expected to reduce carbon emissions by about 90%, secure thousands of jobs despite losses tied to the blast furnace closure, and support the local economy’s long-term future.
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Tata Steel Nederland will cut fewer jobs with the previously announced restructuring. The steelmaker plans to eliminate 1,224 full-time positions, a spokesperson reported. When the company announced the cuts in April, this number was 1,600, roughly one in five employees at the blast furnace complex near IJmuiden.
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