SteelCast
Tata Steel’s UK communications team speak to the leaders and workers of Tata Steel sites across the UK. Join us as we discuss current climates and what they mean for the UK steel industry.
Episodes
Our £1.25 billion green steelmaking journey goes way beyond our Electric Arc Furnace...
A significant and critical part of the investment is also being spent on extending the life of Port Talbot’s Hot Rolling Mill and investing in a brand new Pickle Line.
These upgrades will ensure the low-CO₂ steels from our Electric Arc Furnace are processed as effectively as possible before going for further processing or direct to customers. ...
Step inside the future of green steelmaking at Port Talbot . . .
Join host Tim Rutter and EAF & Casters Programme Manager Peter Jones for an exclusive, all-access tour of the £1.25 billion transformation set to reshape Port Talbot.
From the rail head to the scrap storage area, through the path of the new steel conveyor, and into the space where a state-of-the-art 3.2 million tonne electric arc furnace will take shape — this ep...
In a week in which Donald Trump announced tariffs on steel, the UK Government launched its Plan for Steel, and Tata Steel UK gained planning approval to build its 3 million-tonnes-a-year Electric Arc Furnace, SteelCast talks to Head of Public Affairs, Tom Evans about the company’s policy asks of government. In front of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster,
Tom talks tariffs and Trump, examines energy costs, speaks about scrap, ...
Steelcast host Tim Rutter spoke to a number of key participants at a recent UK Steel-hosted parliamentary event in Westminster, which discussed the issues that the sector feels are so important in shaping the UK Government’s forthcoming steel strategy. Tata Steel UK Director of Comms and Chair of UK Steel, Martin Brunnock talks us through the event as we hear from UK Steel Director General, Gareth Stace, new Chair of the All Party...
The UK Metals Expo 2024 was the third consecutive year the whole of the UK metals industry came together under one roof at Birmingham’s NEC. Join Tata Steel UK’s Tim Rutter, Abi Thomas and Gareth Brookes as they catch up with industry experts to talk about the big topics around steel, its people and the path to a greener future. Topics covered in part two are the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the UK scrap market and ...
The UK Metals Expo 2024 was the third consecutive year the whole of the UK metals industry came together under one roof at Birmingham’s NEC.
Join Tata Steel UK’s Tim Rutter, Abi Thomas and Gareth Brookes as they catch up with industry experts to talk about the big topics around steel, its people and the path to a greener future.
Topics covered in part one are the transition from blast furnace to electric arc furnace steelmaking...
As the company transitions to low CO2 steelmaking, the £1.25 billion investment over the coming three years inevitably involves things to be built, extended and modified on site – not least the electric arc furnace itself. The complex and in-depth planning process has been worked upon for months, with the aim of being submitted in November 2024 and the hope of getting spades in the ground in the summer of 2025. Digital and Brand ...
A Wales-centred industrial collaboration led by Swansea-based Marine Power Systems has been awarded nearly £1 million of innovation funding. The project is to develop the use of low CO2 steels from Tata Steel’s Port Talbot site to build platforms for floating offshore wind structures and strengthen local supply chains. Tim Rutter speaks to Kamal Rajput of Tata Steel UK and Dr Graham Foster, chairman and CTO of Marine Power System...
As Tata Steel UK moves forward on its journey to net zero with the proposed implementation of electric arc furnace steelmaking in Port Talbot, host Tim Rutter speaks to one of the pioneers of the mini-mill concept in the USA, Mark Millett. Mark is Chairman and Chief Executive of Steel Dynamics Inc., a 16 million tonnes metals business that was founded in 1993; he was instrumental in developing the use of electric arc furnaces and ...
Two weeks after Tata Steel announced its proposal to restructure the UK business, enabling it to transition to scrap-based ‘green’ steelmaking, SteelCast host Tim Rutter speaks to Global CEO and MD of Tata Steel, TV Narendran. Two years and 27 episodes after the first SteelCast podcast started discussing the challenges and opportunities of decarbonising the steel industry, the topic is as relevant as e...
While Tata Steel has proposed the technology route it will take from the crossroads it found itself at, the construction industry is facing similar difficult choices. Until now, the construction industry has designed to build, but for a sustainable future it must keep deconstruction and reuse in mind. Can Tata Steel’s Building Systems UK offer sustainable solutions as well as innovative products to be ...
The Climate Change Committee’s Senior Analyst for Industrial Decarbonisation, Michael Lord, recently visited Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks with some colleagues to see first-hand the current integrated steelmaking process and to hear about the challenges and opportunities of decarbonising one of Britain’s most important industry. In talking to host, Tim Rutter, Michael spoke about the role of the ...
Two days before Tata Steel announced a proposal to decarbonise its UK operations with support from the UK Government, SteelCast visited the UK Metals Expo. Metal suppliers, manufacturers, customers and competitors alike came together under the same roof and one thing was clear… we’re not going to get far without each other. What will decarbonisation look like for the UK steel industry? Can we decarboni...
Hundreds of steel workers from across the UK came together to march upon Westminster and demand that the Government invests in the steel industry. Led by Community, Unite and GMB trades unions, their demands were for the Government to create a level playing field with competitors on energy costs, to invest capital in new green technologies, and to stop imports of cheap carbon-intensive steel. In the sh...
New CEO of Net Zero Industry Wales, Ben Burggraaf, returns to his former workplace, Tata Steel’s integrated steelworks at Port Talbot, to talk about the huge opportunities that he believes exist for industries and society in Wales on the journey to net zero carbon.
Ben visits the blast furnaces to talk about the new industrial revolution being pro...
In this episode we talk to Professor Jon Gibbins, Centre Director of the UK CCS Research Community Network Plus at Sheffield University about the potential for Carbon Capture and Storage as a solution to the net zero challenge for energy intensive industries such as steel, and the UK’s potential role as a demonstrator economy rather than a country that simply adopts the latest technology that others can’t follow. Follow Tata Steel...
The SEISMIC demonstrator building at the Building Research Establishment in Watford has been described as the Henry Ford moment for the construction industry. Not only is it bringing standardisation and collaboration to modern methods of construction, but designs predicated on clever, modern steel solutions make buildings that are not only quicker and easier to construct, but also sustainable, energy-eff...
We caught up with more of the speakers from the Construction Summit 2023 to talk about some of the wider sustainability issues for the sector such as skills and people. We also get a snapshot of the industry beyond 2030 and speak to two of the keynote speakers Tata Steel’s CCO Anil Jhanji and UK Government’s Fergus Harradence.
The central themes at the Tata Steel and Constructing Excellence sponsored “Construction Summit 2023” were sustainability and climate change.
With the great and the good of the UK construction industry speaking, listening and networking, it was an ideal opportunity to talk to some of the industry’s makers and shakers about the progress being made and the role of materials such as steel in the path to net zero.
With lots of January news headlines talking about decarbonising the UK steel industry, SteelCast host Tim Rutter speaks to industry expert Roz Bulleid, Research Director of independent think tank and charity, Green Alliance about the best ways forward for manufacturing industries and governments to work hand in hand to make a significant impact on climate change.
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