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SteelCastSteelCast S3 E39: A new era begins for British steelmakingA new era for British steelmaking starts here.
We officially broke ground on our new Electric Arc Furnace at Port Talbot — the heart of our £1.25 billion transformation towards low-emission steelmaking.
In this special episode, host Tim Rutter speaks to some of the suppliers, contractor partners and project managers who are working together as one team to deliver this transformational project — capturing the scale, collaboration and momentum behind it.
Join us for the highlights from this historic day in UK steelmaking — only on #SteelCast.
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2025-07-2230 min
The Building PodcastMark talks to Kamal RajputSend a Text - Feedback WelcomeThe solar sector is poised for significant growth to 2030, with a forecast £17Bn add to GDP and a compound annual growth rate in excess of 14%. This will only happen if the supply chain exists to deliver this work.Kamal Rajput leads on Strategic Business Development for TATA in the UK. He is the joint chair of the Supply Chain Steering Group for Solar Energy UK, the UKs solar trade association. This group has been formed to support industry actions from the recently published Solar Road Map and to promote grow...
2025-07-0745 minSteelCastSteelCast S3 E38: Sun-powered steel – inside Catnic’s solar roofing breakthroughSolar power that blends in beautifully? Yes, please!
In this episode of #SteelCast, we explore the launch of Catnic SolarSeam – a sleek, UK-made bonded solar solution built for modern homes and sustainable construction.
Developed by Caerphilly-based business, Catnic - part of Tata Steel UK - SolarSeam combines flexible CIGS solar tech with Catnic Urban standing seam roofing.
It’s efficient, low-profile, and installer-friendly – ideal for retrofits, new builds, and design-led projects.
🎙️ Host Tim Rutter meets with Catnic, Tata Steel, and solar experts to find out how this new solution is changing the game fo...
2025-06-3049 minSteelCastSteelCast S3 E37: Rolling, rolling, rolling! Port Talbot's multi-million pound Mills makeoverOur £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. Join Host Tim Rutter, as Mills CAPEX Lead Andrew McGregor walks us through all the changes being planned – there are a LOT!
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2025-06-1931 minSteelCastSteelCast S3 E36: Step inside Port Talbot's £1.25 billion megaprojectStep 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 episode gives you an early look at what’s to come.
Listen or watch to see how Peter and team are managing one of the biggest...
2025-04-1539 minSteelCastSteelCast S3 E35: Tom Evans talks Trump and tariffsIn 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, and ponders public procurement.
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2025-02-2029 minSteelCastEpisode 34: Shaping the UK Government’s steel strategySteelcast 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 Parliamentary Group (APPG) on steel, Jonathan Brash MP, and MP for Aberafan and Maesteg, Stephen Kinnock.
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2024-12-1733 min
SteelCastEpisode 33: Everything you need to know about the steel industry right now (part 2) – Live from UK Metals Expo 2024The 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 how we can extract the highest social value from the decarbonisation of steel.
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2024-09-2647 min
SteelCastEpisode 32: Everything you need to know about the steel industry right now (part 1) – Live from UK Metals Expo 2024The 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, the £500m UK Government investment announced on Wednesday 11 September, what other support government could bring –...
2024-09-241h 13SteelCastEpisode 31: Fail to plan, plan to failAs 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 Specialist, Gareth Brookes speaks to Head of Legal Property, Natalie Young to find out more.
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2024-08-0820 minSteelCastEpisode 30: £1million to develop steel platforms for Floating Offshore WindA 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 Systems to find out more.
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2024-06-1721 minSteelCastEpisode 29: From ski bum to steel industry pioneer in one (not so) easy lessonAs 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 thin slab casters to make flat carbon steels in Nucor and hasn’t looked back.
In this podcast Mark shares his thoughts an...
2024-05-0359 minSteelCastEpisode 28: A new beginning for the steel industryTwo 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 ever.
Mr Narendran talks about the difficult journey that lies ahead not only in terms of the people and communities affected, but also in keeping customers happy through the transition and the challenges of c...
2024-02-0653 min
Women of SteelS4 E5: You see what you can be: Meet Dr Becky WaldramFor the first time in the podcast’s history, we speak to an external Woman of Steel.
SUSTAIN’s Dr Becky Waldram didn’t plan for a career in the steel industry but finds herself deeply embedded in projects aiming to create carbon neutral, resource-efficient UK steel supply chains.
Growing up with a passion for discovering how things work, Becky always wanted to wander down the STEM career path. Influenced by a D&T teacher at school, Becky pursued engineering rather than computer science, and now works in a predominantly female team!
Find out ho...
2024-01-1622 minSteelCastEpisode 27: Time to ACT for transformationWhile 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 a market leader in the circular economy?
Gareth Brookes speaks to Jo Evans and Barry Rust of Building Systems UK, a Tata Steel enterprise, along with industry leaders and Welsh Go...
2023-10-2936 minSteelCastEpisode 26: Steel has a vital role to play in a future green economyThe 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 climate change committee, the importance of decarbonising energy and his hopes for the future of the UK steel industry.
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2023-10-2438 minSteelCastEpisode 25: Collaboration is key (Live from the UK Metals Expo)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 decarbonise the economy without steel? What would electric arc furnaces mean for the company’s operations and customers throughout UK supply chains? Is carbon capture and storage a viable option? With new techno...
2023-10-1254 minWomen of SteelS4 E4: ’I’m an ally. You’re an ally’: Meet Tuesday IbbotsonIn this episode, Abi chats to Area HR Manager, Tuesday Ibbotson.
After just two years spent in the steel industry, Tuesday is already making a name for herself – from her involvement in the Steel Women’s Network to becoming a major player in the development of Tata Steel’s Diversity and Inclusion Programme.
But for Tuesday, her life and career trajectory hasn’t always been on the up.
From teenager years spent in hospital beds to the struggles of finding a full-time job and postponed plans to travel the world – how did she become the...
2023-08-1745 minWomen of SteelS4 E3: ‘Leaving uni was the best decision I ever made’: Meet Georgia CoxIn this episode, Abi chats to Lead Technician for Raw Materials, Georgia Cox.
Woman in STEM, powerlifter, feminist campaigner and the official Miss Port Talbot – is there anything Georgia can’t do?
At age of 20, Georgia has already secured herself a permanent job in Port Talbot steelworks, just six months after joining the company as a Higher Laboratories Apprentice.
But it wasn’t an easy path for Georgia. Academically gifted, Georgia secured a place in one of the world’s top universities, but she felt something just wasn’t right...
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2023-07-2626 minWomen of SteelS4 E2: How I grew my confidence and got my dream career: Meet Eleanor ShorlandIn Episode 2, Abi speaks to Packaging and Recycling Education Officer, Eleanor Shorland. Married at the tender age of 21, Eleanor spent much of her early twenties settled into a comfortable, domestic lifestyle. But it while getting her kids through school and working a retail job for extra cash that she decided to make a return to the world of academia and hunt for a career that finally fulfilled her.
Then came a unique and unmissable opportunity – a paid internship at a local steel company.
Listen in as Eleanor talks about growing her confidence and climbing the co...
2023-07-1426 minSteelCastEpisode 24: What do we want? UK steel. When do we want it? NOW! (Live from the London march)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 shadow of Big Ben, many MPs representing steel constituencies came to talk to steelworkers about their concerns.
We caught up with some of them to ask how...
2023-07-0455 minWomen of SteelS4 E1: From Summer Placement to Senior Manager: Meet April WilkinsonIn this brand-new series of Women of Steel, Tata Steel’s host, Abi Thomas kicks things off by chatting to April Wilkinson, Head of Technical at Shotton Works.
This year, April will be celebrating two decades spent in steel. But it was while studying for her A-Levels one day, that a lecturer planted the seed in her brain . . .
‘Study Materials Science, and you’ll be guaranteed to get a job by the end of it, particularly as a woman’, he said.
Since joining what was then Corus as a Summer Placement in the early 2000’s, April h...
2023-06-2821 minSteelCastEpisode 23: Wales can be at the heart of a new industrial revolutionNew 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 promised by renewable energy, and takes a look across the Irish Sea to discuss opportunities for the steel industry as part of the South Wales Industrial Cluster and the Celtic Freeport.
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2023-06-0250 minSteelCastEpisode 22: 10,000 days to reach net zero!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.
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2023-05-1258 min