Select Committee on Welsh Affairs Minutes of Evidence

Annex 1

KEY WELSH PLANTS AND THEIR PROCESSING LINES

Works	Principal Corus Business	Processing Line	Current	Post Restructuring
Port Talbot	Strip Products	Sinter Plant	1 line	1 line
		Coke Ovens	2 batteries	2 batteries
		Blast Furnaces	2 furnaces	2 furnaces
		BOS Steelmaking	2 vessels	2 vessels
		Continuous Casting	2 casters	2 casters
		Hot mill	1 line	1 line
		Pickle line	2 lines	1 line
		Cold mill	1 line	1 line
		Annealing & temper	1 continuous line	1 continuous line
		HDG line	1 line	closed
Llanwern	Strip Products	Sinter Plant	2 lines	closed
		Coke Ovens	4 batteries	closed
		Blast Furnaces	2 furnaces	closed
		BOS Steelmaking	3 vessels	closed
		Continuous Casting	2 casters	closed
		Hot mill	1 line (21 shifts)	1 line (15 shifts)
		Pickle line	2 lines	2 lines
		Cold mill	1 line (21 shifts)	1 line (17 shifts)
		Annealing & temper	batch annealing	closed
		HDG line	1 line	1 line
Trostre	Packaging Plus	Pickle line	1 line	1 line
		Cold mill	1 line	1 line
		Double reduction mill	1 line	1 line
		Annealing line	2 continuous lines	2 continuous lines
		Tinning line	1 line	2 lines
		ECCS line	1 line	1 line
		Laminating line	1 line	1 line
Ebbw Vale	Packaging Plus	Pickle line	1 line	closed
		Cold mill	1 line	closed
		Double reduction mill	1 line	closed
		Annealing line	1 continuous line & batch annealing	closed
		Tinning line	2 lines	closed
		HDG line	1 line	closed
Shotton	Colors	Pickle lines	1 line	closed
		Cold mills	1 line	closed
		Annealing line	batch annealing	closed
		Electrogalvanising lines	2 lines	1 line
		HDG lines	2 lines	2 lines
		Colorcoat paint line	2 lines	2 lines
Tafarnaubach	Colors	Colorcoat paint line (including laminator )	1 line	1 line
Bryngwyn	Colors	Colorcoat paint line (laminator on one line)	2 lines	closed
Pontardulais	Colors	Aluminising line	1 line	1 line
Orb Works	Electrical Steels	Processing lines	no change
Whiteheads	Special Strip	Narrow Cold Mill	no change
Ammanford	Construction Products	Sheet profiling lines	no change
Catnic, Caerphilly	Construction Products	Lintel production	no change
Whiteheads	Construction Products	Framing production	no change
Caldicot
Newport	Steel Service		no change
Risca	Centres

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Prepared 4 April 2001