Port Talbot Works Visitor guide

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1 Port Talbot Works Visitor guide

2 Thanks Tata Steel: a truly global company for visiting Welcome to Port Talbot Works We hope you enjoy your visit We are proud to be part of the global Tata Group spanning seven major industry sectors IT, Engineering, Materials, Services, Energy, Chemicals and Consumer Products. Many of our brands will be familiar to you and your family: Tetley Tea, Titan watches and Jaguar Land Rover to name a few. Operating in 80 countries, the scale is huge. The Tata Steel Group has operations in 26 countries and produces 28 million tonnes of steel per year. Tata Steel is the 2nd largest steel producer in Europe supplying some of the most demanding markets worldwide including automotive, construction, packaging and engineering. Port Talbot Works is part of the Strip Products UK business. We aim to ensure that our business reflects the values of the Tata Group: Integrity, Understanding, Excellence, Unity and Responsibility. Producing hot rolled, cold rolled and hot dip coated steel; we know our products make an important difference to the world in which we live. Steelmaking is a complex and fascinating process and we hope you enjoy learning about it during your visit today. We share a clear vision - to be the global steel industry benchmark for value creation and corporate citizenship. Tata Steel Values Integrity; Fair, honest, transparent in all dealings Understanding; Care, respect, compassion for customers and colleagues Excellence; Highest possible standards in quality of goods and services Unity; Build strong relationships with partners and customers worldwide Responsibility; Committed to our environment and our community

3 Over a century of steel Steelmaking at Port Talbot Works At Port Talbot we are proud of our rich steelmaking history. In 2002, we celebrated our centenary, but ironmaking in the area actually dates back to the 13th century! Port Talbot works takes it name from the dock, opened in 1837, and named after Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, its principal sponsor. Later additions to Port Talbot works occurred in 1923, when Margam works was completed. We operate as an integrated works together with our sister plant Llanwern Works in Newport. Today, 5,000 Tata employees across both plants produce more than 4 million tonnes of high quality steel each year. Tata Steel In 1988, the British Steel Corporation was privatised, and 12 years later it merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens of the Netherlands to form Corus, which is now Tata Steel in Europe. Headquartered in India, the Tata Group can be traced back to 1868, when founder Jamsetji Tata established a textile trading company. Today, the group has operations in over 80 countries across the globe. Tata Steel acquired Corus in 2007 with the ambition of collaborative growth. With their very different but equally proud and long histories, Tata Steel and Port Talbot Works have much in common in terms of business culture and global vision. Port Talbot makes steel and, together with Llanwern, rolls it into strip. Llanwern applies metallic coatings to the strip to protect the steel against corrosion. Hot-dip galvanised steels made at Llanwern have a zinc coating for protection in many applications. Products made with strip steel Countless products are made with strip steel, but the main uses are for automotive vehicles, construction components, domestic appliances and packaging. The strip steels also go to other works in Tata Steel where they are coated with metallic elements, paint or plastic film, or are formed into tubes. Tata Steel works closely with its customers and provides innovative design and processing solutions using a range of steels. Llanwern and Port Talbot play their part in this process by making steels that meet very particular needs - high strength steels for construction, pre-finished steels for consumer products and formable steels for automotive applications. Investing in our future Tata invests in the latest technology to produce world-class products and services. Port Talbot has recently announced an 185 million investment to rebuild Blast Furnace 4 representing the confidence in Port Talbot works. General industry 48% Market Sector split Automotive 34% Construction 18% Steelworkers in early 1900 Melting Shop 1910 Steel worker 1920 Margam Works 1930s Apprentice training 1940 Slab Melting pulpit 1950

4 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 We are proud of our people and their passion and desire to make the business a success. We invest in education and training for our employees to ensure a highly skilled and qualified workforce that can deliver world-class performance. Working with our communities We aim to play a positive role in the communities within which we operate and recognise that our operations influence these communities in many ways. We promote and encourage economic, environmental, social and educational development. Tata Steel continues to help support local community projects. We believe community investment means more than simply providing money. In some cases we are able to support good causes by providing materials, specialist skills or the use of our facilities. Employee volunteering is actively supported by Tata Steel and we work in partnership with many external agencies on community projects. Employees are encouraged to visit local schools to engage in projects, and to speak with pupils and students about work skills and experiences. We are committed to supporting local charitable and voluntary organisations, through our community award scheme. Caring for the environment We are committed to protecting the environment by minimising the impact of our operations and products through the adoption of sustainable practices and continuous improvement in environmental performance. In 2010, the Steel Plant Gas Recovery scheme was commissioned. This major project will facilitate the capture of waste gasses and allow the site to re-use them as secondary fuel. Tata Steel is sensitive to the concerns of local communities and other interested parties on environmental issues and is committed to protecting the environment and wildlife habitats in and around its sites. We regularly hold environmental open days for local residents. Being a good neighbour and part of the local community is important to us. Exhibition stand at Port Talbot Works 1965 Princess Diana visits Port Talbot Works 1985 Launch of the first continuous cast slab 1990s Blast Furnace control room 2010

5 Steelmaking process RAW MATERIALS IRON MAKING Steelmaking CASTING HOT ROLLING COLD ROLLING Coal Coke ovens Coke A blend of coal is carbonised for 18 hours Iron Ore Sinter plant coke sinter Blast furnace iron steel steel Steelmaking plant Continuous casting slab Hot strip mill Pickling and cold rolling Continuous annealing & processing Limestone Raw materials are blended and heated Raw materials are heated to create molten iron, which is then tapped from the Blast Furnance Iron is mixed with oxygen and other materials to produce steel Liquid steel is cooled slowly, moulded and cut to slabs Slabs are heated to 1250 o C and rolled into strips of steel in coil form Coil is pickled with hydrochloric acid to remove the scale, and then cold reduced to the required gauge The steel is heated, annealed and temper rolled to final customer requirements Port Talbot Works Iron Ore Coke Coal Landfill N HAUL ROAD JETTY ROAD HARBOUR ROAD Coal Yard MORFA COKE ROAD Morfa Coke Ovens BOS PLANT SOUTH ROAD Harbour Offices Iron Ore Limestone MORFA BANK ROAD Steel Service Centre Works Reservoir Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) Plant STEEL MAKING PLANT NORTH ROAD Coke Coal Miners Memorial The memorial is sited near the old pit shaft. 87 men died in the last explosion on the 10th March The memorial consists of a mandrel, a shovel and an axe. P. D. Allen, Managing Director, British Steel plc, unveiled the Miners Memorial on the 10th March 1990 to mark the centenary of the explosion. Lorry Trailer Park Abbey Wall SOUTH ROAD CAPL Cold-Rolled Products Radiation Scanner COKE ROAD CENTRAL ROAD SOUTH PICKLE ALLEY GRANGE ROAD Miners Memorial MEMORIAL ROAD Refractory Stores Occupational Health Hot-Rolled Products General Offices Slab Yards Despatch and Control Slab Yards Canteen Concast Plant General Stores Visitor Parking VLN ROAD WEST ROAD CENTRAL ROAD NORTH EAST ROAD Energy Loco Repair Shop CES CURVE SINTER PLANT ROAD No 5 CES Blast Furnace No 4 Blast Furnace PICADILLY ROAD Fire Station Sinter Plant Contractor Compound Power Plants WHARF ROAD PHOENIX WHARF ROAD NORTH ROAD 30 mph limit on site, rail traffic takes priority West Entrance Exit (Employees and Contractors Only) Abbey Wall Port Talbot Works is built on the land of two ancient monastic farms. This 12th century farm wall was retained during construction and now forms an important piece of our history. Local folklore dictates that should this wall ever collapse; the works will cease to operate. For this reason, it was recently underpinned! Entrance Visitor Centre CEFN GWRGAN RD KEY FACT: Over 30,000 visitors pass through these gates every year Key Public roads HGV only road Railways For more detailed information about the steelmaking process, please visit our web site: or find us/follow us:

6 Care has been taken to ensure that this information is accurate, but Tata Steel Europe Limited, including its subsidiaries, does not accept responsibility or liability for errors or information which is found to be misleading. Tata Steel UK Ltd reserves the right to change this information at any time without prior notice. The online version will take precedence over the printed version at any moment in time. Copyright 2011 Tata Steel UK Limited Design: Elevator Tata Steel UK Ltd Port Talbot Works Port Talbot South Wales SA13 2NG UK T: +44 (0) F: +44 (0) English language version