Tata Steel says when the electric arc furnace is up and running, it "will reduce the UK’s entire industrial carbon emissions by 8%". Once it is up and running, Port Talbot's electric arc furnace will produce steel in a way never seen before in the town's more than 120 years of steelmaking.

Tata announced on Friday, September 20 that the company had successfully commissioned India’s largest blast furnace at Kalinganagar in Odisha.

The UK government is nearing completion of a £500 million rescue package for Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant, following the closure of its blast furnaces.

The UK government will confirm a £500 million support package for Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant, a key test of Labour’s industrial policy.

Tata Steel has secured £500 million from the UK government to build a low-carbon electric arc furnace in Port Talbot, expected to be operational in three years. The project will cost £1.25 billion and aims to cut emissions by 90%,

THE UK government is set to confirm a £500 million (S$851.5 million) support package for Tata Steel’s plant in Port Talbot, one of the first major tests of the Labour Party’s industrial policy. Read more at The Business Times.

The new blast furnace, with a volume of 5,870 m3, is equipped with state-of-the-art features for long campaign life and an eco-friendly design to optimise the steelmaking process. The blast furnace will also have a zero-process water discharge plan with rainwater harvesting.