GFG Liberty Steel Newport is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 2.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil.
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Process Route
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
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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Location
Newport
Europe
United Kingdom
51.5573°, -2.9627°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,000 ttpa
- Products
- Finished rolled