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Tata Steel plans to go 'green' in UK with electric arc furnaces: Report

Ministers have placed stringent conditions on Project Birch cash, including demanding that it helps achieve its target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and that jobs are not lost

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One vast Port Talbot steelworks, which employs about 3,500 people, is one of two in Britain capable of turning iron ore and coal into molten iron and steel.

Press Trust of India London

2 min read Last Updated : Jul 19 2020 | 10:22 PM IST

Tata Steel is exploring plans to close two blast furnaces at its Port Talbot steelworks in Wales and replace them with electric arc furnaces as part of plans to acquire millions of pounds via a UK government coronavirus bailout fund, according to a UK media report.

The Indian steel giant and sister company, Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), are trying to obtain state support via the Project Birch fund, which was set up to help big, strategically important companies that have been crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic, The Sunday Times' reports.

Under the proposal, which is reportedly being

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