United Kingdom steel industry news.

Tata Steel technology cuts coke consumption, CO2 emissions
Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
Tata Steel has installed Topscan technology at its two Port Talbot blast furnaces that will reduce the amount of coke required in the furnaces as well as CO2 emissions by at least 50,000 tonnes/year. The technology captures 1,000 data points every ten seconds, giving Tata Steel technicians an uninterrupted 3D view of the material


Tata Steel installs digital scanning technology at Port Talbot ...
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
Tata Steel, the largest steelmaker in the UK, is installing digital scanning technology at its no. 5 blast furnace at Port Talbot in South Wales to reduce the amount of coke used in the furnace, assisting decarbonization. Similar technology was installed at the works no. 4 blast furnace in 2021. The 3D scan technology,


Liberty Steel reaches global debt restructuring agreement, still ...
Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
Steelmaker Liberty Steel, part of the GFG Alliance, has reached an agreement to restructure its global debt with some of its main creditors, although it is still negotiating debt restructuring for its European business, it said Nov. 15. The group has signed a term sheet with parties responsible for the main creditors of Greensill


UK sanctions Evraz founding directors
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
The UK foreign, commonwealth and development office announced the sanctioning on 2 November of four more Russian individuals. Two of them are former executives and proprietors of steelmaker and miner Evraz, Kallanish learns from the office. The government statement says the sanctions apply to four oligarchs who have enabled Putin to mobilise Russian industries


Tata Steel gets its first client for 'green' metal
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
The company's both businesses Tata Steel UK and Tata Steel Nederland have been developing detailed plans for transition to low CO2 tech in line with the company's goal to produce CO2-neutral steel by 2050 in Europe, company's CEO & MD T V Narendran and Executive Director and CFO Koushik Chatterjee earlier


British Steel expands structural sections range
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
British Steel has extended its range of Advance structural sections for the construction sector by 71 additional beams and columns. The range provides greater design flexibility due to the inclusion of often difficult-to-find intermediary dimensions, the steelmaker says. Product is available in both standard grades and in British Steels premium S460M and weathering steel


Liberty Steel UK completes ecoke trial in move to cut emissions
Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
Liberty Steel UK has successfully completed ecoke trials at its Rotherham site as part of the companys processes to identify opportunities to reduce CO2 emissions, the steelmaker said Oct. 18. Ecoke is a manufactured fuel containing a minimum of 30% renewable biomass that can replace anthracite the main source of carbon in electric


Tata Steel seeks UK government aid to support green transition
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
India-based steel producer Tata Steel is looking to the UK government to provide favorable policies and fiscal support to help the transition to green steelmaking at the Port Talbot works in South Wales, Fastmarkets heard on Monday October 17.Tata owns the Port Talbot plant, the largest remaining steelworks in the UK. It hopes that


Marubeni-Itochu Steel acquires UK steel distributor
Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc.(MISI) has acquired the entire share capital of UK steel distributorBarclay & Mathieson (B&M) Group. MISI plans to grow its presence within the UK and European markets, and the acquisition of the B&M group will add value-added businesses to its existing portfolio. With plans to invest significantly post acquisition, it will be


UK suspends trade remedy measures on HRC from Ukraine for nine ...
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT
The UK has decided to immediately suspend trade remedy measures on hot rolled flat and coil steel imports from Ukraine for nine months, meaning these will not face a higher trade remedy rate, the government said Aug. 31. The UKs Trade Remedies Authority had assessed whether the rate of around GBP50/mt ($58.18/mt) should be


UK to keep existing antidumping measures on cold-rolled flat ...
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT
The UK government has approved the Trade Remedies Authoritys recommendation that existing antidumping measures on cold-rolled flat steel from Russia and China be kept for another five years, the government said Aug. 30. The TRAs recommendation that the existing measures should be kept to protect the UKs industry was initially made in March after


UK confirms 25% tariff on steel to NI
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT
The UK tax agency has confirmed that any shipments of steel under Category 17 from Great Britain to Northern Ireland for the rest of the current quarter will face a 25% safeguard duty, according to a letter shared with Kallanish by UK Steel. It is beyond farcical that UK producers are now prevented by



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