Metals and alloys
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Pressure is mounting over the future of Motherwell’s Dalzell steelworks. Unions and industry leaders want its plate capability linked with publicly controlled steel assets, while ministers remain wary of another intervention.
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Rio Tinto and Shougang have commissioned industrial carbon capture technology. The Chinese trial targets blast furnace gas from existing ironmaking operations.
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US funding will accelerate Cornwall’s Redmoor tungsten project towards mining. The $9.25 million package supports feasibility, engineering, drilling, and pre-site development.
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Steel Council members met at Scunthorpe to accelerate strategy delivery. Discussions covered electricity costs, procurement, carbon border measures, scrap availability, research and investment across UK steelmaking.
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Tungsten West has signed an eight-year supply deal with Elmet. The agreement covers 1,000 tonnes of contained tungsten trioxide annually and creates a long-term route from Hemerdon into US and UK manufacturing supply chains.
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ASTA will invest €17 million in Austrian copper recycling capacity. The Oed project will add in-house wire production from secondary copper and targets a 70% recycled share by 2030.
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METLEN is investing €25 million in Greek recycled aluminium capacity. Automated sorting, processing, and melting equipment will allow EP.AL.ME. to accept more complex scrap streams while linking recycling more closely with Aluminium of Greece.
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voestalpine has received core electric furnace equipment at Linz, Austria. The 790-tonne delivery moves its €1.5 billion greentec steel programme towards first melts and commissioning during the first half of 2027.
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Waterford is offering the former Duferco steel plant for relocation. The €12.5m package includes a 300,000-tonne rolling mill, cold-drawing lines, cranes, laboratory facilities, and supporting production equipment.
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