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Tata submit plans for 拢1.2bn electric arc furnace in Port Talbot

Subject to planning it is expected to become operational in 2027

An image from the last hours of blast furnace four at the Port Talbot steelworks(Image: Jonathan James)

Steelmaker Tata has submitted a planning application for a new £1.2bn electric arc furnace (EAF) at Port Talbot. The investment, which includes a £500m grant from the 海角视频 Government, will see the steel plant making steel from scrap.

Heavy steel production at the plant ended in September with the closure of its blast furnace no 4, after no 5 was switched off over the summer. The move has resulted in 2,500 jobs losses across the Indian firm’s 海角视频 steel operations, with the majority at Port Talbot.

The EAF will be built by Italian firm Tenova.

EAFs use an electric current to melt scrap steel or iron and produce steel, whereas blast furnaces use coke, a carbon-intensive fuel made from coal.

Following a public consultation exercise planning for the EAF has been submitted to Neath Port Talbot Council. Approval, with conditions, is anticipated next February, with spades in the ground in June or July. Once operational at the end of 2027, it will reduce the site’s steelmaking carbon emissions by 90%, compared to when it operated the blast furnaces - equivalent to five million tonnes of CO2 a year. It will has an annual capacity for three million tonnes of steel.

New ladle metallurgy furnaces, also supplied by Tenova, will then refine the molten steel to make more complex grades required by manufacturers in the 海角视频 and other countries. Tata said the use of scrap will also significantly reduce the 海角视频’s reliance on imported iron ore, strengthening the resilience of the 海角视频’s manufacturing supply chains.

Tata will import slab and hot rolled coil substrate required during the transition to the EAF.

Rajesh Nair, chief executive of Tata Steel 海角视频, said: “We’re delighted to have now submitted our planning application for electric arc furnace-based steelmaking at Port Talbot, and I would like to thank all those many people who have engaged with us to date.”