Port Talbot Works

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Thanks Tata Steel: a truly global company

for We are proud to be part of the global

Tata Group spanning seven major
difference to the world in which we
live. Steelmaking is a complex and

visiting
industry sectors – IT, Engineering, fascinating process and we hope you
Materials, Services, Energy, Chemicals enjoy learning about it during your
and Consumer Products. visit today.

Many of our brands will be familiar to “We share a clear vision - to be the
you and your family: Tetley Tea, Titan global steel industry benchmark for
Welcome to Port Talbot Works watches and Jaguar Land Rover to value creation and corporate citizen-
We hope you enjoy your visit name a few. Operating in 80 countries, ship.”
the scale is huge.

The Tata Steel Group has operations

in 26 countries and produces 28 Tata Steel Values
million tonnes of steel per year. Tata
Steel is the 2nd largest steel producer Integrity; Fair, honest, transparent
in Europe supplying some of the in all dealings
most demanding markets worldwide
including automotive, construction, Understanding; Care, respect,
packaging and engineering. compassion for customers and
colleagues
Port Talbot Works is part of the Strip
Products UK business. We aim to Excellence; Highest possible
ensure that our business reflects the standards in quality of goods and
values of the Tata Group: Integrity, services
Understanding, Excellence, Unity and
Responsibility. Unity; Build strong relationships with
partners and customers worldwide
Producing hot rolled, cold rolled and
hot dip coated steel; we know our Responsibility; Committed to our
products make an important environment and our community
Over a century of steel Steelmaking at Port Talbot Works

At Port Talbot we are proud of our Tata Steel Port Talbot makes steel and, together by making steels that meet very
rich steelmaking history. In 2002, In 1988, the British Steel Corporation with Llanwern, rolls it into strip. particular needs - high strength steels
we celebrated our centenary, but was privatised, and 12 years later it Llanwern applies metallic coatings to for construction, pre-finished steels
ironmaking in the area actually dates merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens the strip to protect the steel against for consumer products and formable
back to the 13th century! Port Talbot of the Netherlands to form Corus, corrosion. Hot-dip galvanised steels steels for automotive applications.
works takes it name from the dock, which is now Tata Steel in Europe. made at Llanwern have a zinc coating
opened in 1837, and named after for protection in many applications. Investing in our future
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Headquartered in India, the Tata Tata invests in the latest technology
Margam, its principal sponsor. Group can be traced back to Products made with strip steel to produce world-class products
1868, when founder Jamsetji Tata Countless products are made with and services. Port Talbot has
Later additions to Port Talbot works established a textile trading company. strip steel, but the main uses are for recently announced an £185 million
occurred in 1923, when Margam Today, the group has operations in automotive vehicles, construction investment to rebuild Blast Furnace 4
works was completed. over 80 countries across the globe. components, domestic appliances and representing the confidence in Port
Tata Steel acquired Corus in 2007 with packaging. The strip steels also go to Talbot works.
We operate as an integrated works the ambition of collaborative growth. other works in Tata Steel where they
together with our sister plant are coated with metallic elements, General
industry Automotive
Llanwern Works in Newport. Today, With their very different but equally paint or plastic film, or are formed into
48% 34%
5,000 Tata employees across both proud and long histories, Tata Steel tubes.
plants produce more than 4 million and Port Talbot Works have much in
tonnes of high quality steel each year. common in terms of business culture Tata Steel works closely with its
and global vision. customers and provides innovative
design and processing solutions using
a range of steels. Llanwern and Port Construction
Talbot play their part in this process 18%
Market Sector split

Steelworkers in early 1900 Melting Shop 1910 Steel worker 1920 Margam Works 1930s Apprentice training 1940 Slab Melting pulpit 1950
Our people, environment
and community
Tata Steel works closely with its customers and
provides innovative design and processing solutions
using a range of steels.
Our people Tata Steel continues to help support
We are proud of our people and local community projects. We believe We are committed to supporting will facilitate the capture of waste
their passion and desire to make the community investment means more local charitable and voluntary gasses and allow the site to re-use
business a success. than simply providing money. In some organisations, through our them as secondary fuel.
cases we are able to support good community award scheme.
We invest in education and training causes by providing materials, specialist Tata Steel is sensitive to the concerns
for our employees to ensure a highly skills or the use of our facilities. Caring for the environment of local communities and other
skilled and qualified workforce that We are committed to protecting interested parties on environmental
can deliver world-class performance. Employee volunteering is actively the environment by minimising issues and is committed to protecting
supported by Tata Steel and we work the impact of our operations and the environment and wildlife habitats
Working with our communities in partnership with many external products through the adoption of in and around its sites. We regularly
We aim to play a positive role in the agencies on community projects. sustainable practices and continuous hold environmental open days for
communities within which we operate Employees are encouraged to visit improvement in environmental local residents.
and recognise that our operations local schools to engage in projects, performance. In 2010, the Steel
influence these communities in many and to speak with pupils and students Plant Gas Recovery scheme was Being a good neighbour and part of
ways. We promote and encourage about work skills and experiences. commissioned. This major project the local community is important to us.
economic, environmental, social and
educational development.

Exhibition stand at Port Talbot Works 1965 Princess Diana visits Launch of the first continuous cast slab 1990s Blast Furnace control room 2010
Port Talbot Works 1985
 Steelmaking process
RAW MATERIALS IRON MAKING Steelmaking CASTING HOT ROLLING COLD ROLLING

Coal
Coke ovens
A blend of coal is
Coke carbonised for 18 hours

Iron Ore coke iron steel steel Pickling and cold Continuous annealing
Sinter plant Blast furnace Steelmaking plant Continuous casting Hot strip mill
sinter slab rolling & processing
Limestone Raw materials are blended Raw materials are heated to Iron is mixed with oxygen Liquid steel is cooled slowly, Slabs are heated to 1250oC Coil is pickled with hydrochloric The steel is heated, annealed
and heated create molten iron, which is then and other materials to moulded and cut to slabs and rolled into strips of steel acid to remove the scale, and then and temper rolled to final
tapped from the Blast Furnance produce steel in coil form cold reduced to the required gauge customer requirements

Port Talbot Works

Iron Ore Coke Coal

JETTY
Landfill N HAUL ROAD ROAD HARBOUR ROAD

MORFA COKE ROAD

SOUTH ROAD
BOS PLANT
Harbour
Offices

Morfa Coke Ovens

Coal Yard

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STEEL MAKING

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Steel Service

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Basic Oxygen

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NORTH ROAD
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Steelmaking
Reservoir (BOS) Plant Coke Coal

COKE ROAD
SINTER
Miners’ Memorial PLANT
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The memorial is sited near the old pit Concast
shaft. 87 men died in the last explosion Plant

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MEMORIAL ROAD

on the 10th March 1890. The memorial

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consists of a mandrel, a shovel and an axe. Miners’

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P. D. Allen, Managing Director, British Memorial

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PICADILLY ROAD
Abbey Wall

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Power
Loco Fire Plants
Hot-Rolled Products Repair Station
Shop
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Slab Yards West Entrance Exit

SOUTH ROAD
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PICKLE ALLEY
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(Employees and
EA

CAPL Despatch Contractors Only)

and Control General Stores
Lorry
Trailer Cold-Rolled
Park Products
Visitor Parking
General
GRANGE ROAD Offices Canteen 30 mph limit on site,
Radiation Scanner rail traffic takes priority

Abbey Wall Entrance For more detailed information about the

Port Talbot Works is built on the land of two ancient monastic farms. This 12th KEY FACT: Key steelmaking process, please visit our web
CEFN GWRGAN RD

century farm wall was retained during construction and now forms an important Visitor
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Port Talbot Works
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South Wales
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UK
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