Why the British steel industry is on the brink of extinction - or a green resurrection.
The day before we arrived in March, the Welsh Government announced the creation of a Freeport encompassing Port Talbot and Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. It was widely seen as a breakthrough for what has become one of the more deprived parts of the country.
The UK, with all its cars and buildings, generates comfortably enough scrap steel to provide all the steel it currently uses. The region will leverage its natural geography and its long expertise in engineering and manufacturing to become an industrial powerhouse again.Replacing the blast furnaces here with electric arc furnaces could cost up to £3bn, especially if Tata uses the opportunity to replace some of the aged steel production facilities here too.
"We want to have fairness, a fair deal for our communities, for our people, and for the UK to be competitive in future." Second, pretty much every other government is helping subsidise green steel plans like these. All the steelmakers want, they say, is a level playing field. And if Tata modernises other bits of its operations further job losses are likely. Indeed, Sky News understands that internal estimates imply the number of workers at Port Talbot could be reduced from 4,000 to as few as 1,000 workers.
None of Britain's big steelworks is considering a DRI plant, but a prototype operation in Sweden is already pushing ahead with one.Since Theresa May legislated to get to net zero by 2050 we have had a succession of different Conservative administrations, each with a starkly different flavour of industrial strategy, culminating with a prime minister who seems far less interested in manufacturing than finance and aAnd the deeper you dig into government policy, the more flummoxing it is.
The vast bulk of materials going into those turbines is steel of various sorts, primarily the steel in the enormous towers that jut out from the waves. How the wind turbine market has functioned up until now is that the vast majority of steel in our turbines has been made in Asia and then shipped across the world.
But just as much thought needs to go into the other processes elsewhere in steelworks. Are we pressing that steel into the right kinds of products?
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Lifeline for 250 British Steel coke oven workers in ScunthorpeLifeline for 250 British Steel coke oven workers in Scunthorpe
Weiterlesen »
Devon man to walk entire British coastline for the RNLITim Jones and his dog Monty set off from their hometown of Exmouth on January 23, and are walking clockwise around the British Isles. The pair will be living in a tent, and getting food and water where they can to keep their carrying weight down.
Weiterlesen »
New rules on parliamentary groups urged to prevent 'next big scandal' in British politicsLabour's Chris Bryant, who chairs the standards committee, has said there are some All-Party Parliamentary Groups that don't 'pass the sniff test'.
Weiterlesen »
Jobs at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone are now up for grabsAbsolute Taste is hiring staff for the race weekend
Weiterlesen »
BBBofC's Robert Smith admits British Boxing Board knew about Amir Khan's positive drugs testRobert Smith has now confirmed to talkSPORT that the BBBofC (British Boxing Board of Control) were aware of Amir Khan’s positive drugs test last year. The BBBofC chief expressed frustrations …
Weiterlesen »