GFG Liberty Steel Rotherham plant
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GFG Liberty Steel Rotherham plant, also known as Liberty House, Rotherham Steel and Bar, is a steel plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom:
- Location: Aldwarke Lane, Rotherham, S60 1DW, United Kingdom
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 53.450712, -1.323025 (exact)
Background
According to the USGS 2016 Minerals Yearbook, Liberty Steel Rotherham stopped production in 2016[1] but it has since resumed operations.[2]
Further, in January 2023 the company announced plans to expand the plant's EAF capacity to 2000 ttpa.[3] The timeline for the expansion has not been specified, though it is assumed to be 2030 as part of Liberty Steel's Carbon Neutral by 2030 plan.[4]
In August, 2025, the British government took control of part of Liberty Steel after the business was placed into liquidation.[5] The Rotherham plant has not produced any steel since July, 2024, and all staff have been furloughed since that time.[6]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Construction date | Idled date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| 1930[7] | 2024-07[8] | 650[9] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBERTY Steel Group UK Holdings Ltd [100.0%] | 5083750325 [100.0%] | E100001010332 [100.0%] | LIBERTY Steel Group UK Holdings Ltd [100%][10] | 5083750325 | E100001010332 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[10] | billet, slab, coil, bar[10] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport[10] | unknown | unknown | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| announced | 780[11] | 780[11] |
| mothballed | 1220[12][13] | 1220[12][13] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown |
| 2023 | unknown | unknown |
| 2024 | unknown | – |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAF N | mothballed[14] | – | 1993[15] | 610[13][12] |
| EAF T | mothballed[14][10] | – | 1964[15] | 610[13][12] |
| unknown EAF (3) | announced[11] | 2021 | 2030 | 780[11] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) | % basic/merchant pig iron | % granulated pig iron | % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) | % other iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAF N | yes[16] | 95.30[17] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 4.70[16] |
| EAF T | yes[16] | 95.30[17] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 4.70[16] |
| unknown EAF (3) | yes[18] | 95.30[17] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 4.70[17] |
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References
- ↑ 2016 Minerals Yearbook United Kingdom, USGS, Jan. 2020
- ↑ "Rotherham Steel Bar". Liberty Steel Group.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Liberty Steel UK to begin next restructuring phase, to focus on high-margin products". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ↑ "Delivering CN30". Liberty Steel Group.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ravikumar, Sachin (August 22, 2025). "UK government to take over Liberty Steel division after collapse". Reuters. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
- ↑ Jolly, Jasper (May 21, 2025). "Liberty Steel has not produced anything at two key plants since July 2024". The Guardian. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
- ↑ https://thebeautyofsteel.com/steel-plants-archive/libertysteel-rotherham/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/21/liberty-steel-has-not-produced-anything-at-two-key-plants-since-july-2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210826223833/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/15/if-it-shuts-disaster-rotherham-fears-steel-industry-liberty. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318131659/https://libertysteelgroup.com/uk/our-locations/rotherham-steel-bar/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20211207080111/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/liberty-steel-uk-restarts-rotherham-eaf-1220836.htm. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 https://agmetalminer.com/2024/04/09/liberty-steel-manufacturing/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/liberty-steel-gfg-gupta-uk-government-liquidation-2025-greensill/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 https://www.viktormacha.com/galerie/liberty-speciality-steels-rotherham-376/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 https://libertysteel.co.uk/about-us/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240809200741/https://libertysteelgroup.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/LSSUK-Recycled-Content-and-Resource-Efficiency-Statement-r1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-08-09.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240303021248/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/liberty-steel-ghg-uk-recycling-reduction-imported-slabs/. Archived from the original on 2024-03-03.
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