Tata Steel Port Talbot 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 3.2 million tonnes per year.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2027
Emissions
2024
2.87 Mt CO₂e
1.90 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
3,200
EAF
3,200
Production
Crude steel production: 2,990 ttpa (2024)
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power new grid to be built by National Grid by end of 2027
Steel Products
galvanized, cold rolled, coil, hot rolled, slab, cladding, packaging steel, electrical
Ownership
Owner Tata Steel UK Ltd
Parent Tata Steel Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 2,000 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
United Kingdom crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Port Talbot
Europe
United Kingdom
51.5774°, -3.7830°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2027
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled