Tata is switching to an electric arc furnace-based steelmaking process which is greener, but needs fewer workers.

Steel giant Tata Steel UK has secured approval for its plans for Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking in Port Talbot.

Tata Steel UK’s proposal to build a £1.25 billion electric arc furnace steelmaking facility at Port Talbot in South Wales received approval from Neath Port Talbot Council’s Planning Committee on Tuesday.

Tata Steel's application was given the go-ahead on Tuesday morning at a meeting of Neath Port Talbot Council's planning committee. The company closed both of its blast furnaces last year and said they would be replaced by an electric arc furnace, as part of its transition to greener production methods.

Proposals by Tata Steel to build a £1.25bn electric furnace in Port Talbot have been given the go-ahead by a local council. Neath Port Talbot Council’s planning committee on Tuesday approved what amounts to one of the most significant investments made in the UK steel industry in decades.

The planning application to the Neath Port Talbot Council's Planning Committee sought permission to construct an Electric Arc Furnace, two new Ladle Metallurgy Furnaces for secondary steelmaking, and supporting infrastructure.

Tata Steel UK’s proposals for a £1.25 billion Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) based steel making facility at its Port Talbot site have been approved by Neath

The boss of the company said there was a need in Wales to get economically inactive individuals back to work but that the support needed to be there

High-profile plan to install electric arc furnace as replacement for shuttered coal-fired blast furnace at South Wales steelworks secured paving the way for construction this summer for delivery 2027

An artist's impression of how the new electric arc furnace will sit within the existing Tata Steel site in Port Talbot Tata Steel's bid to build a £1.25bn electric arc furnace at its Port Talbot steelworks has been given the go-ahead by planners.