GFG Liberty Steel Rotherham 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 780 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, slab, coil, bar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Construction1930
Operating2030
Idled2024
Emissions
2025
0.058 Mt CO₂e
0.13 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
780
EAF
780
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, slab, coil, bar
Ownership
Owner Liberty Steel Group
Parent GFG Alliance Ltd
Workforce 650 employees
Country Context
United Kingdom crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Rotherham
Europe
United Kingdom
53.4507°, -1.3230°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 780 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2030
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled