Celsa Steel UK Cardiff plant

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Celsa Steel UK Cardiff plant, also known as Celsa Steel Castle Works; Celsa Steel UK melt-shop, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

Location

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  • Location: Building 58, Castle Works, East Moors Road, Cardiff, CF24 5NN, United Kingdom
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 51.479757, -3.137056 (exact)

Background

The melt shop of Celsa Steel UK began in 2006. Other parts of the facility including the hot rolling mill started earlier.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 2006[3] 800[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Compania Espanola de Laminacion SL [100.0%] 5000020443 [100%] E100000130908 [100%] Celsa Steel (UK) Ltd[5] 4297469732 E100000130832

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[3] rebar, wire rod, merchant bar, light sections, billet[3] building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport[6] 2023[7] EAF[5] 1 EAF[8]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1200 TTPA[2] 1200 TTPA[2]

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021 1000 TTPA[9] 1000 TTPA
2022

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References

  1. About Us, Celsa Steel UK, Retrieved on: Jul. 31, 2020
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709194630/https://www.celsauk.com/. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220106064644/http://celsauk.com/Company.mvc/CelsaSteelUK. Archived from the original on 06 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240110022208/https://www.celsauk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9432-CELSA-Steel-Sustainability-Report-2023_AW_Print.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060605/https://www.celsauk.com/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318115551/http://www.celsauk.com/Pdf/Celsa%20UK-Local%20Focus-GlobalCommitment.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20240110022451/https://www.celsauk.com/resources/. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318115528/https://www.eurofer.eu/assets/Uploads/Map-20191113_Eurofer_SteelIndustry_Rev3-has-stainless.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220707041138/https://www.celsagroup.com/en/news-posts/celsa-group-recovers-pre-pandemic-production-with-more-than-6-5-mt-of-steel-produced-in-its-european-steel-mills/. Archived from the original on 07 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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