The annual visit to Liberty Speciality Steels this year, was to their Aldwarke Melting Shop based in Rotherham.

Steel melting production is now all based on this major site and has gone through some difficult times in recent years with the major upheavals in Tata but then the fortunate acquisition of this plant  and its associated site at Stocksbridge NW Sheffield being bought by the business magnate Sanjeep Gupta.

Last year Prince Charles was invited to the site to restart 'T' furnace which had been mothballed for quite some years and is now back in full production along with their 'N' furnace.

Both units are 'Electric Arc Furnaces' with around 200 MVA capacity split between them

Andrew Douglass their Engineering Director gave a short presentation and then a tour of the plant was undertaken with the support of the site staff

Much of the high grade steel is for the lucrative aerospace industry while other high carbon steel capacity is for the automotive industry.

They are proud to say they have moved to renewable energy sources for the significant amount of electrical power input they consume -  which they promote as their 'Greensteel' policy.

In all, a very interesting and informative visit for which we once again thank LSS for the opportunity.