{ "query": "Tata Steel UK EAF transition program budget news 2026", "raw_results": [ { "url": "https://justtransitionfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Just-Transition-Finance-Lab_Port-Talbot-Briefing.pdf", "title": "[PDF] Just Transition Finance Lab Briefing", "content": "Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt H2DRI and EAF €1.3bn €2.5bn 3.8 (by 2026) Unknown France ArcelorMittal Dunkirk H2DRI and EAF €850m €1.8bn ~4 (by 2026) n/a Unknown France ArcelorMittal Fos-sur-Mer EAF Netherlands Tata Steel Ijmuiden H2DRI and EAF (€3bn) n/a ~7.5 ~ +4500 ~ -150 Sweden H2 Green Steel Boden H2DRI and EAF €371m €6.5bn (€3.5bn in debt financing) ~5 (by 2030) +10,000 (direct and indirect) Finland Blastr Green Steel Inkoo H2DRI N/A €4bn ~2.5 (by 2026) +1,200 (direct) Norway CELSA Armeringsstål AS Mo I Rana H2DRI NOK 121.4m n/a n/a Unknown United Kingdom British Steel Saltend, Scunthorpe EAF Est. ~£300m (Undecided) n/a n/a -1,500 to 2,000 (conversion from BF-BOF to EAF) United Kingdom Tata Steel Port Talbot EAF £500m £1.25bn 3 -2,800 (conversion from BF-BOF to EAF) Notes: BF-BOF= [...] ageing facilities. But for its workers, the result is up to 2,800 direct job losses from the closures and the EAF would employ far fewer workers when it becomes operational, potentially in 2027. There would also be knock-on impacts for the wider economy. According to the MP for Aberavon, Stephen Kinnock, this would be “utterly devastating” for the community (ITV News, 2024). To tackle these issues, a new body, the Transition Board, was established by Tata and the Welsh and UK Governments at the end of 2023 with £100m to invest in local retraining and regeneration (£20m of this coming from Tata) (UK Government, 2023). Tata has also pledged a further £130m to mitigate the impact of the job losses and is seeking to maximise voluntary redundancy. After months of informal and formal dialogue,", "score": 0.83932644, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/tata-steel-aims-to-commission-uk-electric-arc-furnace-project-by-2027/articleshow/121709087.cms", "title": "Tata Steel aims to commission UK electric arc furnace project by 2027", "content": "The reductions are based on optimising substrate costs, modernising IT infrastructure, rationalising downstream operations and eliminating corporate overheads. \n \n As part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions, the company is transitioning from the blast furnace route to the low-emission electric arc furnace process, which will utilise the locally available scrap. \n \n By 2027, the EAF is expected to be fully operational, with the capacity to produce 3.2 million tonnes of low-emission steel annually. \n \n The EAF-based steelmaking project is expected to reduce over 50 million tonnes of Co2 in the next decade. [...] \"We have exited from steelmaking through the end-of-life heavy end assets in Port Talbot, and moved to a downstream model using imported substrate from India, the Netherlands and other external sources,\" an official said. \n \nSpeaking further on the UK plan, the officials said the structural transition is also accompanied by a significant focus on cost rationalisation as the company plans to bring down its fixed costs further from 762 million pounds in FY25 to 540 million pounds in the coming year. \n \nTata Steel Chairman N Chandrasekaran \"company is on track on its transition to low-emission steelmaking. The decommissioning of two blast furnaces at Port Talbot, has cleared the way for the next-generation Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) project, supported by the UK government\". [...] Homegrown Tata Steel is expecting to start the construction of its low-carbon EAF-based steel making project in the UK from July 2025 and commence operations by 2027, top company officials said. \n \n The company has received necessary approvals for its USD 1.5 billion project at Port Talbot, Tata Steel CEO & MD T V Narendran, and ED & CFO Koushik Chatterjee said in the company's annual report for FY2024-25. \n \n \"We are now transitioning to decarbonised and state-of-the-art EAF-based steelmaking by FY2027-28, supported by 500 million pounds in the UK Government funding,\" the management said.\n \n \n They said that planning approval has been received for the EAF (electric arc furnace) project at Port Talbot and the construction is expected to commence in July 2025.", "score": 0.81418616, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://www.tatasteeluk.com/green-steel-future/planning", "title": "Planning process | Tata Steel UK", "content": "How will you be consulting the community on the EAF?\n\nA: We are holding community consultation events over the summer where members of the public can find out more about the EAF proposals, ask any questions and share feedback with us. In September we will hold another round of consultation before a planning application is submitted to Neath Port Talbot Council.\n\n## Latest news\n\n 20 May 2026Corporate News\n\n Tata Steel UK Highlights Opportunities in Floating Solar for British Manufacturing\n\n ### Industry leaders explore how floating solar can support UK energy security and manufacturing growth\n\n Read more\n + Young rugby players from participating primary schools compete during the Tata Steel – Phil James Memorial Finals at Dragons RFC.\n\n 1 May 2026Corporate News [...] 1 May 2026Corporate News\n\n Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community\n\n ### Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community\n\n Read more\n + Wizards League school rugby match \n\n 1 May 2026Corporate News\n\n Tata Steel UK Wizards League finals celebrate community sport in Neath Port Talbot\n\n ### The 2026 Tata Steel UK Wizards League reached an exciting conclusion last week, as primary schools from ac\n\n Read more\n 1 May 2026Corporate News\n\n Tata Steel recognised as worldsteel Sustainability Champion for the ninth consecutive year\n\n ### Tata Steel has once again been named a Sustainability Champion by the Wor\n\n Read more\n\nSee all news stories\n\n## EN-Corporate-Green Steel Future-Planning\n\nContact us", "score": 0.7872945, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://www.tatasteeluk.com/green-steel-future", "title": "Green Steel Future | Tata Steel UK", "content": "Highlights include a timeline of our transition period: from our agreement with the UK government in September 2023 for jointly investing £1.25 billion in electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking, to the planning permission milestone of February 2025 that enabled construction work to begin on Europe’s largest EAF. The report also looks ahead, with graphics which visually explain our lower CO2 steelmaking of the future.\n\nRead it here\n\n## Latest news\n\n 82691\n\n + Young rugby players from participating primary schools compete during the Tata Steel – Phil James Memorial Finals at Dragons RFC.\n\n 1 May 2026Corporate News\n\n Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community\n\n ### Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community [...] an electric arc furnace, making our steel production more resilient to adverse global events and supply chain risks.The resilience and sovereignty of the overall UK steel industry would also be significantly enhanced through this transition. We plan to make good use of the country’s strong scrap supply resources, align with the country’s renewable energy ambitions and position ourselves at the forefront of the global supply of green steel from a globally-competitive UK industry. Tata Steel has also made clear that, with the right investment and policy environment, it is open to further investment, such as in a direct reduced iron (DRI) plant. We would look at the case for a potential DRI plant in the UK if the business conditions are right and, if in future, the Government supported [...] ### Tata Steel UK has marked both worldsteel Day for Safety and Health and International Workers' Day, reinfor\n\n Read more\n\nSee all news stories\n\nThere is a Video here... please accept marketing cookies) to view this content.\n\nFind out more\n\n#### How Tata Steel will create a high-tech, green future in the UK\n\nTata Steel is investing £1.25 billion, jointly with the UK Government, in state-of-the-art electric arc furnace steelmaking at Port Talbot.\n\nThis transformative project will cut the CO2 emitted at Port Talbot by almost 90% - that’s equivalent to 1.5% of the UK’s total direct CO2 emissions.\n\nView Green Steel Future videos\n\nEAF steelmaking and the circular\n\nElectric Arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking and the circular economy steelmaking and the circular economy\")", "score": 0.776708, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://www.tatasteeluk.com/sites/default/files/tata-steel-uk-briefing---challenges-and-opportunies-for-decarbonising%2C-june-2025.pdf", "title": "[PDF] Tata Steel UK Challenges and Opportunities for Decarbonising", "content": "Research and Development TATA STEEL UK: OUR SITES 4 A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE UK STEEL PRODUCTION Tata Steel UK’s capital investment in EAF steelmaking is one element of a transition that will require several changes to the policy framework in the UK ahead of EAF steelmaking being commissioned in 2027. The changes required represent both a challenge and opportunity for the sector as it navigates a complex transition, challenging external market forces and moves towards a more sustainable future. To maximise future opportunities, create a level playing field with our European competitors and to create a sustainable future for the industry, Tata Steel UK is urging the UK Government to: 1. Address high energy costs for UK steelmakers 2. Protect the UK steel industry from global [...] in domestic demand. 5. Recognise the role of scrap in future UK steel production As Tata Steel UK transitions towards EAF steelmaking, on target to be operational from the end of 2027, scrap steel will become Tata Steel UK’s number one raw material. EAF steelmaking at Port Talbot will require between 2 and 2.5 million tonnes of high-quality scrap per annum. [...] The UK has an abundance of readily available scrap steel, producing approximately 10 - 11 Mt per annum. Around 80% of that resource is currently being exported, largely to countries with lower environmental standards and costs, and re-imported into the UK in the form of steel containing goods which undercuts UK manufacturing. Our plans for EAF steelmaking depend upon a secure and sustainable supply of high-quality scrap. We therefore require a supportive policy framework to be in place within the next 12 months and in advance of our EAF becoming operational in 2027.", "score": 0.69820654, "raw_content": null } ], "formatted": "Source: [PDF] Just Transition Finance Lab Briefing\nURL: https://justtransitionfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Just-Transition-Finance-Lab_Port-Talbot-Briefing.pdf\nBremen and Eisenhüttenstadt H2DRI and EAF €1.3bn €2.5bn 3.8 (by 2026) Unknown France ArcelorMittal Dunkirk H2DRI and EAF €850m €1.8bn ~4 (by 2026) n/a Unknown France ArcelorMittal Fos-sur-Mer EAF Netherlands Tata Steel Ijmuiden H2DRI and EAF (€3bn) n/a ~7.5 ~ +4500 ~ -150 Sweden H2 Green Steel Boden H2DRI and EAF €371m €6.5bn (€3.5bn in debt financing) ~5 (by 2030) +10,000 (direct and indirect) Finland Blastr Green Steel Inkoo H2DRI N/A €4bn ~2.5 (by 2026) +1,200 (direct) Norway CELSA Armeringsstål AS Mo I Rana H2DRI NOK 121.4m n/a n/a Unknown United Kingdom British Steel Saltend, Scunthorpe EAF Est. ~£300m (Undecided) n/a n/a -1,500 to 2,000 (conversion from BF-BOF to EAF) United Kingdom Tata Steel Port Talbot EAF £500m £1.25bn 3 -2,800 (conversion from BF-BOF to EAF) Notes: BF-BOF= [...] ageing facilities. But for its workers, the result is up to 2,800 direct job losses from the closures and the EAF would employ far fewer workers when it becomes operational, potentially in 2027. There would also be knock-on impacts for the wider economy. According to the MP for Aberavon, Stephen Kinnock, this would be “utterly devastating” for the community (ITV News, 2024). To tackle these issues, a new body, the Transition Board, was established by Tata and the Welsh and UK Governments at the end of 2023 with £100m to invest in local retraining and regeneration (£20m of this coming from Tata) (UK Government, 2023). Tata has also pledged a further £130m to mitigate the impact of the job losses and is seeking to maximise voluntary redundancy. After months of informal and formal dialogue,\n\n---\n\nSource: Tata Steel aims to commission UK electric arc furnace project by 2027\nURL: https://m.economictimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/tata-steel-aims-to-commission-uk-electric-arc-furnace-project-by-2027/articleshow/121709087.cms\nThe reductions are based on optimising substrate costs, modernising IT infrastructure, rationalising downstream operations and eliminating corporate overheads. As part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions, the company is transitioning from the blast furnace route to the low-emission electric arc furnace process, which will utilise the locally available scrap. By 2027, the EAF is expected to be fully operational, with the capacity to produce 3.2 million tonnes of low-emission steel annually. The EAF-based steelmaking project is expected to reduce over 50 million tonnes of Co2 in the next decade. [...] \"We have exited from steelmaking through the end-of-life heavy end assets in Port Talbot, and moved to a downstream model using imported substrate from India, the Netherlands and other external sources,\" an official said. Speaking further on the UK plan, the officials said the structural transition is also accompanied by a significant focus on cost rationalisation as the company plans to bring down its fixed costs further from 762 million pounds in FY25 to 540 million pounds in the coming year. Tata Steel Chairman N Chandrasekaran \"company is on track on its transition to low-emission steelmaking. The decommissioning of two blast furnaces at Port Talbot, has cleared the way for the next-generation Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) project, supported by the UK government\". [...] Homegrown Tata Steel is expecting to start the construction of its low-carbon EAF-based steel making project in the UK from July 2025 and commence operations by 2027, top company officials said. The company has received necessary approvals for its USD 1.5 billion project at Port Talbot, Tata Steel CEO & MD T V Narendran, and ED & CFO Koushik Chatterjee said in the company's annual report for FY2024-25.\n\n---\n\nSource: Planning process | Tata Steel UK\nURL: https://www.tatasteeluk.com/green-steel-future/planning\nHow will you be consulting the community on the EAF? A: We are holding community consultation events over the summer where members of the public can find out more about the EAF proposals, ask any questions and share feedback with us. In September we will hold another round of consultation before a planning application is submitted to Neath Port Talbot Council. ## Latest news 20 May 2026Corporate News Tata Steel UK Highlights Opportunities in Floating Solar for British Manufacturing ### Industry leaders explore how floating solar can support UK energy security and manufacturing growth Read more + Young rugby players from participating primary schools compete during the Tata Steel – Phil James Memorial Finals at Dragons RFC. 1 May 2026Corporate News [...] 1 May 2026Corporate News Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community ### Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community Read more + Wizards League school rugby match 1 May 2026Corporate News Tata Steel UK Wizards League finals celebrate community sport in Neath Port Talbot ### The 2026 Tata Steel UK Wizards League reached an exciting conclusion last week, as primary schools from ac Read more 1 May 2026Corporate News Tata Steel recognised as worldsteel Sustainability Champion for the ninth consecutive year ### Tata Steel has once again been named a Sustainability Champion by the Wor Read more See all news stories ## EN-Corporate-Green Steel Future-Planning Contact us\n\n---\n\nSource: Green Steel Future | Tata Steel UK\nURL: https://www.tatasteeluk.com/green-steel-future\nHighlights include a timeline of our transition period: from our agreement with the UK government in September 2023 for jointly investing £1.25 billion in electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking, to the planning permission milestone of February 2025 that enabled construction work to begin on Europe’s largest EAF. The report also looks ahead, with graphics which visually explain our lower CO2 steelmaking of the future. Read it here ## Latest news 82691 + Young rugby players from participating primary schools compete during the Tata Steel – Phil James Memorial Finals at Dragons RFC. 1 May 2026Corporate News Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community ### Tata Steel UK Supports 10th Phil James Memorial Finals with Dragons RFC Community [...] an electric arc furnace, making our steel production more resilient to adverse global events and supply chain risks.The resilience and sovereignty of the overall UK steel industry would also be significantly enhanced through this transition. We plan to make good use of the country’s strong scrap supply resources, align with the country’s renewable energy ambitions and position ourselves at the forefront of the global supply of green steel from a globally-competitive UK industry. Tata Steel has also made clear that, with the right investment and policy environment, it is open to further investment, such as in a direct reduced iron (DRI) plant. We would look at the case for a potential DRI plant in the UK if the business conditions are right and, if in future, the Government supported [...] ### Tata Steel UK has marked both worldsteel Day for Safety and Health and International Workers' Day, reinfor Read more See all news stories There is a Video here... please accept marketing cookies) to view this c\n\n---\n\nSource: [PDF] Tata Steel UK Challenges and Opportunities for Decarbonising\nURL: https://www.tatasteeluk.com/sites/default/files/tata-steel-uk-briefing---challenges-and-opportunies-for-decarbonising%2C-june-2025.pdf\nResearch and Development TATA STEEL UK: OUR SITES 4 A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE UK STEEL PRODUCTION Tata Steel UK’s capital investment in EAF steelmaking is one element of a transition that will require several changes to the policy framework in the UK ahead of EAF steelmaking being commissioned in 2027. The changes required represent both a challenge and opportunity for the sector as it navigates a complex transition, challenging external market forces and moves towards a more sustainable future. To maximise future opportunities, create a level playing field with our European competitors and to create a sustainable future for the industry, Tata Steel UK is urging the UK Government to: 1. Address high energy costs for UK steelmakers 2. Protect the UK steel industry from global [...] in domestic demand. 5. Recognise the role of scrap in future UK steel production As Tata Steel UK transitions towards EAF steelmaking, on target to be operational from the end of 2027, scrap steel will become Tata Steel UK’s number one raw material. EAF steelmaking at Port Talbot will require between 2 and 2.5 million tonnes of high-quality scrap per annum. [...] The UK has an abundance of readily available scrap steel, producing approximately 10 - 11 Mt per annum. Around 80% of that resource is currently being exported, largely to countries with lower environmental standards and costs, and re-imported into the UK in the form of steel containing goods which undercuts UK manufacturing. Our plans for EAF steelmaking depend upon a secure and sustainable supply of high-quality scrap. We therefore require a supportive policy framework to be in place within the next 12 months and in advance of our EAF becoming operational in 2027." }