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GFG Liberty Steel Newport plant

mothballed

Newport, Europe, United Kingdom

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Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Idled 2023

Emissions

2025

0.083 Mt CO₂e

0.27 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

2,000

EAF

2,000

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (2)mothballed
1,000 ttpa125 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (1)mothballed
1,000 ttpa125 twiki

Steel Products

coil

Ownership

Owner Liberty Steel Group

Parent GFG Alliance Ltd

Workforce 180 employees

Country Context

United Kingdom crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.