Extension of Concast Facility, Port Talbot - New Steel Construction
Nov 11, 2004 · Following Rowecord Engineering’s successful reconstruction of the No. 5 Blast Furnace at Corus Port Talbot, the company was awarded a contract to alter and extend the Continuous Casting Facility (Concast) there. This, too, is a …
Port Talbot Steelworks - Wikipedia
Port Talbot Steelworks is a steel mill in Port Talbot, Wales. Over 4,000 people worked at the plant until the last blast furnace closed in October 2024. Around 2,000 employees remain after this time, processing imported steel slabs to produce rolled steel products.
Will Tata Steel changes mean less air pollution for Port Talbot?
Sep 30, 2024 · The move away from making steel from scratch using iron ore and coal to recycling metal in a new £1.25bn electric arc furnace could lead to a "90% reduction in dust from the works' chimneys",...
The Port Talbot Hot Strip Mill - Steel NerdSteel Nerd
Jun 14, 2020 · The Port Talbot Hot Strip Mill. Probably only very few industrial facilities still operate today that were financed by the Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program) between 1948 and 1952. One of them is the 80” hot strip mill in Port Talbot, Wales.
Tata Steel confirms plans to cut jobs by closing Port Talbot blast ...
Tata Steel has confirmed plans to cut 2,800 jobs across the UK, by closing down both blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant.
Tata Steel: Up to 2,800 jobs to be axed under taxpayer ... - Sky News
Jan 19, 2024 · Tata says it will cut up to 2,800 jobs in the UK, the majority of them at the country's biggest steelworks in Port Talbot, South Wales. Of the losses, 2,500 could be in the next 18 months, the steel giant said. A further 300 jobs may go in three years. Statutory consultation on the cuts will begin, the company added, but it did not specify when.
Tata Steel upgrades Hot Strip Mill in Port Talbot
Tata Steel has completed a major upgrade of the Hot Strip Mill at its Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales enabling it to further improve the quality of its steel products used in a wide range of markets, including automotive, engineering, construction and domestic appliances.
Steel town Port Talbot braces for impact of Tata closure
Jan 19, 2024 · The steel town of Port Talbot is braced for the same “devastating” decline suffered by a string of once-thriving South Wales valley communities, trade unions have warned, after Tata on Friday...
SSDA 2005 – Concast Facility Extension, Port Talbot Steel Works
Jul 1, 2005 · The Concast facility uses controlled cooling and forming to create continuously cast steel slabs some 234mm deep and up to 1600mm wide, which are cut into 20m lengths. The Port Talbot plant produces some 3.2M tonnes per annum, destined for use in ‘flat products’ such as construction materials, vehicle panels, white products and ‘tin’ cans.
Port Talbot steelworks: 'Resist speculation' over future - BBC
Nov 14, 2020 · There has been a call to "resist dealing in speculation" over the future of steel production at Tata's plant in Wales. Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said the firm "want to make steel in Wales,...