Liberty House Group
Twitter Icon YouTube Icon LinkedIn Icon
Liberty House Group
  • Company
    • Company
    • History
    • Management
    • Vision
  • Our Businesses
    • Our Businesses
    • Liberty Commodities
    • Liberty Recycling
    • Liberty Aluminium
    • Liberty Steel
    • Liberty Engineering
  • Products & Services
    • Products & Services
    • Ferrous Metals
    • Non-Ferrous Metals
    • Services
    • Steel
    • Engineering
  • Markets
    • Markets
    • Automotive
    • Aerospace
    • Defence
    • Commercial Vehicles
    • Construction
    • Agriculture
    • Sport and Leisure
  • Careers
    • Careers
    • Graduates
    • Undergraduates
    • Apprenticeships
    • Careers with Liberty Aluminium Technologies
  • News (current)
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • Liberty Steel
    • Liberty Aluminium
    • Liberty Commodities
    • Liberty Recycling
    • Liberty Engineering
    • Media Contacts
  • News
  • Fair weather ahead for Scotland’s come-back steel plants

Category

  • All
  • News
  • Corporate Statements

Sector

  • All
  • Commodities
  • Steel
  • Automotive
  • Engineering

Date

  • 2019
    • October
    • September
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2018
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2017
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2016
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
  • 2015
    • December
    • November
Article Date: Wednesday 19 July 2017
Share this page:

Fair weather ahead for Scotland’s come-back steel plants

Liberty Steel Dalzell - Weathering Steel

 

The comeback story of Liberty Steel’s Scottish plants at Dalzell and Clydebridge turned another page this week with a decision to restart production of a heavy-duty product known as weathering steel; used for structures such as bridges, building facades and landmark pieces of public art.

This environmentally tough grade of plate steel had been made at the iconic Lanarkshire steelworks in the past, and when metals and industrials group, Liberty House, bought the mothballed plants last year, management said they were eager to reinstate production of this grade of plate as soon as the opportunity arose.

The reintroduction of weathering steel in the coming weeks means that, not only will the Dalzell rolling mill, which reopened in September 2016, be busier than before, but there will be increasing use of the neighbouring Clydebridge works at Cambuslang, which provides the extra processing needed to enable this kind of steel to withstand exposure to the elements long term.

Drew McGhie, managing director of Liberty Steel Dalzell explained: “By expanding the number of grades we make, we can ensure a brighter future for the workforce. We’ve started making use of the Clydebridge equipment over recent months but the addition of weathering steel to our range means we will now be using that plant more regularly.”

He said there were great market opportunities for weathering steel because there is currently very limited production of this type of steel in the UK and almost all needs to be imported from continental Europe.

Mr McGhie added that workers from Dalzell will operate at Clydebridge for an interim period until demand reaches a level that will sustain a resident workforce in Clydebridge.

Dalzell, which currently employs 120 staff is the last remaining large plate mill in the UK and makes steel that’s used in areas such as construction, ship building, pipelines, cranes and heavy vehicle manufacture.

The plant forms part of Liberty’s GREENSTEEL vision as it uses renewable energy in the form of biodiesel to power its rolling mill and other equipment. The site currently has 18 megawatts of installed bio-diesel electricity generating capacity.

The twin sites in Lanarkshire are likely to add further to their range in the foreseeable future. Following its acquisition of the former Tata pipe mills at Hartlepool last week, Liberty disclosed that it intends to start making API grade plate steel at its Scottish sites that can be rolled at Hartlepool into the highest specification oil and gas pipelines.

Further information from Eoghan Mortell 07977 555116 / Anthea Crowe 029 2045 5182

Company

History
Group Overview
Management
Vision

Our Businesses

Liberty Commodities
Liberty Recycling
Liberty Aluminium
Liberty Steel
Liberty Engineering

Products & Services

Ferrous metals
Non-ferrous metals
Services
Steel
Engineering

Market Sectors

Automotive
Aerospace
Defence
Commercial Vehicles
Construction
Agriculture
Sports and leisure

London

7 Hertford Street
London, W1J 7RH
United Kingdom
Tel:  +44 ( 0 ) 203 205 8550
Fax: +44 ( 0 ) 203 205 8599

Dubai

17 H Almas Tower
Jumeirah Lake Towers Dubai
UAE
Tel:  +971 44343069
Fax: +971 44270319

Singapore

8 Marina View
#40-46, Asia Square Tower 1
Singapore 018960
Tel:  +65 62235180
Fax: +65 62261804

Hong Kong

Suite 2202-2204 Gloucester Tower
The Landmark, 11 Pedder Street Central
Hong Kong
Tel:  +852 2217 9211
Fax: +853 2217 9811

Social Media

Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn


Legals | News | Company | Contact | Careers

GFG Alliance Logo

© Copyright Liberty House Group 2019