Blast Furnace 5's final cast

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On Thursday 4 July 2024, operations at Port Talbot's Blast Furnace 5 were brought safely brought to an end.
Months of meticulous planning paid off as the blow down and final cast went even better than the team could have hoped for.
Internal Communications Business Partner, Huw Waghorn, caught up with Works Manager Coke, Sinter & Iron, Dean Cartwright, and Project Campaign Manager, Paul Evans to get their take on such a momentous - and emotional - day.

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@jeffreygeary5398 29 күн бұрын

Take it apart carefully lads because it will be up and running in India in a few years as will the other furnace .

@exterminator4808 28 күн бұрын

So what? What's the issue with that, if the BF is still usable?

@MrNinjaFish 28 күн бұрын

@@exterminator4808 British workers lose their jobs. It's one thing to be business orientated but the plant is still viable and this could have been prevented.

@exterminator4808 28 күн бұрын

@@MrNinjaFish "Plant is still viable" apparently not as per TATA Steel management.

@MrNinjaFish 28 күн бұрын

@@exterminator4808 what do they know?

@exterminator4808 28 күн бұрын

@@MrNinjaFish How to run steel plants. And when to shut down loss making ones.

@trs4u 25 күн бұрын

Will the old equipment be going into the new furnace?

@DOCTORDROTT 25 күн бұрын

India

@TataSteelUK 25 күн бұрын

It hasn't been announced yet, but where we can, we will be recycling steel in the electric arc furnace.

@evgen1103 28 күн бұрын

No explanation of the technical steps involved?

@TataSteelUK 26 күн бұрын

Dean Cartwright went into a bit more detail during the previous video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pcB1qZSVm5zYemQ.html. We will also be covering the BF4 closure in September so can go into more depth then, and also touch upon the learnings from the BF5 shutdown. Thanks for watching.

@evgen1103 21 күн бұрын

@@TataSteelUK Thank you!

@crusherbarny 25 күн бұрын

Did they salamander tap this at the end?

@TataSteelUK 25 күн бұрын

No, Blast Furnace 5 wasn't salamander tapped at the end of this process. It was tapped during the 2018 life extension project, which you can watch here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLETTLU0iK3hOhqq7wR91ZHYVDZkFx_nqz.

@crusherbarny 24 күн бұрын

@@TataSteelUK so if it isnt salamander tapped is there still iron at the bottom of the furnace? That will set solid?

@TataSteelUK 24 күн бұрын

That's right. The team cast as much as iron as possible, but a small amount will have been left as the furnace wasn't salamander tapped.

@DOCTORDROTT 25 күн бұрын

Net zero = job losses = low no skilled jobs or redundancy is their future and a drop in living standards. TATA will screw these guys , they look in denial ! They are complicit in their own demise . It must be like attending your own funeral. Its very sad to see.

@lyndonrichards5279 29 күн бұрын

Ffs tata. Well done on destroying our steel industry.

@AluminumOxide 29 күн бұрын

Unfortunately it’s not their fault, it’s the government and economic climate

@exterminator4808 28 күн бұрын

It's a business, it will be run like a business.

@DOCTORDROTT 25 күн бұрын

@@AluminumOxide government gave them £500 million. Energy costs, Chinese steel produced at a fraction of the cost . Even the Dutch plant is over capacity.

@lyndonrichards5279 23 күн бұрын

@@AluminumOxide unfortunely it is through a massive lack on investment at Port Talbot and other downstream sites. Very little has been modernised creating and inefficient steel making process. You have to stay ahead of the curve and Tata have let it rot.

@DOCTORDROTT 25 күн бұрын

Just one crucial question for TATA NOTHING has been said about your present customers and your sister plant at Trostre ? . I think its unlikely that the EA plant will be built. I hope I am wrong, but I smell a rat.

@TataSteelUK 25 күн бұрын

We have already secured steel substrate - slabs and coils - to fulfil our order book, and work has already begun to prepare for the EAF build. You can find out more in the Green Steel Future video playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLETTLU0iK3hP8RLJs-cEDJHAD1a9x6f0h or by visiting www.greensteelfuture.com.

@ianc7866 26 күн бұрын

net 0 mean 0 jobs. Revolt.

@thinfourth 27 күн бұрын

This is a brilliant step for the UK As making steel in the UK produces lots of CO2 And once we have stopped all farming and manufacturing in the UK we can achieve net zero As we all know that importing stuff means we have no CO2 in a column on a spreadsheet And if you want to look at the total CO2 then you are FAR RIGHT