Before any work can start on constructing one of the world’s largest electric arc furnaces at Port Talbot, the existing steel plant building – in which it is to be located – is being stripped back to a shell as the site prepares for the next generation of steelmaking.

Tata Steel and Andritz have signed a multi-million agreement for the design, supply and commissioning of a new acid recovery plant (ARP) at Port Talbot, Wales.

Kingspan has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Meranti Green Steel, a Singapore-headquartered company building what is set to be a major green steel plant for Southeast Asia. 

The Hy4Smelt industrial-scale demonstration plant will combine hydrogen-based direct reduction (HYFOR) for ultra-fine iron ores with an electric smelting process