Tata Steel UK, a subsidiary of India-based steelmaker Tata Steel Limited, has announced that it has signed an agreement with UK-based construction equipment manufacturer JCB for the supply of green steel. This marks Tata Steel UK’s first supply agreement since the announcement of its transition to low-carbon steel production at Port Talbot.
Accordingly, JCB will outsource green steel from Tata Steel UK’s planned electric arc furnace (EAF) with a low carbon steel production capacity of 3 million mt per year at Port Talbot, integrating green steel into its equipment production line and cutting its carbon emissions.
Meanwhile, Tata Steel UK will utilize locally sourced scrap to produce high-quality steel with a lower carbon footprint, eliminating its dependence on iron ore and coal. As a result, it will reduce the emissions of its Port Talbot plant by up to 90 percent and of the UK by about 1.5 percent. The Port Talbot plant is set to be recommissioned in the summer of 2025, with the EAF supplied by Tenova scheduled for start-up in late 2027.