GFG Liberty Steel Rotherham plant

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GFG Liberty Steel Rotherham plant, also known as Rotherham Steel and Bar, is a 1220 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom.

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  • Location: Aldwarke Lane, Rotherham, S60 1DW, United Kingdom[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 53.450712, -1.323025 (exact)

Background

According to the USGS 2016 Minerals Yearbook, Liberty Steel Rotherham stopped production in 2016[2] but it has since resumed operations.[3]

Further, in January 2023 the company announced plans to expand the plant's EAF capacity to 2000 ttpa.[4] The timeline for the expansion has not been specified, though it is assumed to be 2030 as part of Liberty Steel's Carbon Neutral by 2030 plan.[5]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Workforce size
operating[6] 650[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Gfg Alliance Ltd [100%][8][9] 5057811578 [100%] Liberty Steel[6] 5001068852

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[6] slab; billet; bar; coils[6] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery; transport[6] 2021[10] electric arc furnace (EAF)[11] 2 EAF[12][13]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1220 TTPA[12] 1220 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112160952/https://libertysteelgroup.com/uk/contact/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2016 Minerals Yearbook United Kingdom, USGS, Jan. 2020
  3. "Rotherham Steel Bar". Liberty Steel Group.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Liberty Steel UK to begin next restructuring phase, to focus on high-margin products". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. "Delivering CN30". Liberty Steel Group.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318131659/https://libertysteelgroup.com/uk/our-locations/rotherham-steel-bar/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826223833/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/15/if-it-shuts-disaster-rotherham-fears-steel-industry-liberty. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220125213135/https://www.gfgalliance.com/media-release/gfg-alliances-liberty-steel-usa-further-expansion-with-purchase-of-keystone-consolidated-industries/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112170945/https://libertysteelgroup.com/our-operations/liberty-steel-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318125557/https://libertysteelgroup.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/EMS-678301-ISO14001-2015-March-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219072734/http://www.libertyhousegroup.com/our-businesses/liberty-steel/liberty-speciality-steels/. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 (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 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220124103119/http://www.libertyhousegroup.com/media/6970/brochure-liberty-speciality-steels.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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