Plans unveiled for UK’s first green steel plant

Posted on 1 Jun 2016 by Jonny Williamson

Liberty House and SIMEC have unveiled major plans to turn their adjacent Newport sites into a two million tonne a year green steel super-plant, powered by renewable energy.

It would be the first ‘GREENSTEEL’ facility in the UK and would play a major part in a renaissance of the struggling sector by meeting up to 20% of current steel needs. Newport’s key role at the forefront of a green revolution in UK steel was outlined to the city’s elected representatives during a fact-finding…

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