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etal is undergoing something of a transformation, with the economic and sustainability winds of change leading to a melting down of traditional expectations in the market. With subsidised Chinese production having been allowed to compete on a level playing fi eld with the UK steel industry since
the 1990s, we have seen our homegrown production sold to overseas investors, and slowly reduced in scope. 1970 is longer ago than I care to admit, but still in living memory for a lot of people! At that point, the UK was the fi fth largest steel producer, with around 320,000 staff producing materials for the fully active manufacturing sector. However, cheaper imports have inevitably left the industry as something of an unstainable white elephant in the UK, and now that the Port Talbot blast furnace has fi nally shut down, the country has one left, in Scunthorpe. Indian-owned Tata and Chinese-owned British Steel are however investing heavily (alongside the Government) in new electric arc furnaces, to ensure that steel production continues in a more sustainable way in the decarbonised era. It’s still bad news for staff as fewer are required for EAFs, but hopeful given the continued demand for the material as construction of larger-scale projects. And Chancellor Rachel Reeves has left the door open to future ‘primary’ steel generation if (and it’s a big if) green hydrogen can be the source. In the meantime, steel is going to continue being delivered by importers for the industry, who are now confronting a new sustainability challenge of mountainous proportions. The world’s concerted drive to net zero has its latest manifestation in the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, which aims to fi x the ‘carbon leakage’ phenomenon whereby producers move carbon-intensive production like steel and aluminium to countries with softer emissions standards. The UK won’t be going fully into CBAM until 2027, but from this month EU importers are faced with having to comply with the new regulations which will tax their imports, or be prohibited from importing material into the EU. It will be highly educational for the UK construction sector to see what happens to supply chains and prices in the coming months. We hope you enjoy this supplement devoted to the ins and outs of design and constructions using metals, in a changing and challenging world of materials supply, where no sustainability stone can be left unturned.
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