25 September 2025
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"Best in Show" at UK Metals Expo

If prizes were awarded for the biggest contribution to the UK metals industry, Tata Steel would be right up there, based on the level of the company’s involvement in UK Metals Expo this month, for which it was event sponsor.

The exhibition at the NEC in Brimingham is the largest annual gathering of experts from across the UK metals industry: steel, copper, aluminium – you name, it they were there. 
And it’s a great place to do business, which is why Tata Steel hosted nearly 50 customers at an event during the show.

CEO Rajesh Nair said: “The Expo is a great opportunity for us to show the industry how we are progressing with our decarbonisation plans, and to listen and learn from industry peers and academic specialists.

“We have also used the time to talk to our customers about the challenges and opportunities they are facing in their markets, and to thank them for their support during our transition to a re-roller business model.”

Experts from across Tata Steel were central to almost every presentation, interview and panel discussion, which this year mostly focused on some of the key government policies affecting the steel industry.

Panels including high profile industry commentators discussed issues as diverse as scrap, energy, trade barriers, public procurement and industrial strategy.

Chief Commercial Officer, Anil Jhanji, who hosted the customer event added: “There is simply no other event like this in the UK where you can meet so many customers in one place over two days.”

He continued: “One thing is for sure, all our customers across different market sectors are excited about the prospect of us being able to supply them with low carbon-footprint steels, and really valued the presentation Shankar Marar Director CAPEX, made, showing our progress to date.”

You can watch interviews with some of the key participants at the show on Tata Steel’s social media feeds and @tatasteeluk on YouTube.

The steel sector's BIGGEST challenges addressed at UK Metals Expo — full series coming soon! #shorts - YouTube
 

 

Conference programme highlights

The ‘Big Issues’ Theatre, sponsored by Tata Steel, featured a packed conference programme covering a wide range of topics, including:

  • UK industrial strategy
  • Net Zero and low-carbon innovation
  • Women in industry
  • Defence sector opportunities
  • Scrap buy-back schemes
  • The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

 

🔗 Click here to view the full conference programme. 

Rajesh Nair interview
Audience at UKME
EAF Grades panel

About Tata Steel UK

  • The Tata Steel Group has been named one of the most ethical companies in the world, and is among the top producing global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes. 
    Tata Steel in the UK has the ambition to produce net-zero steel by 2045 at the latest, and to have reduced 30% of its CO2 emissions by 2030.
  • In October 2024, Tata Steel ceased ironmaking at its Port Talbot site and temporarily paused steelmaking pending the construction of a 3.2Mtpa Electric Arc Furnace, due to be commissioned late in 2027 / early 2028. For that period, the business will import slab and hot rolled coil to support manufacturing and distribution operations at sites across Wales, England and Northern Ireland as well as Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and UAE. It also benefits from a network of sales offices around the world.
  • Throughout 2024 Tata Steel UK has been undergoing a restructuring that will reduce the size of its workforce to around 5000 direct employees, supplying high-quality steel products to demanding markets, including construction and infrastructure, automotive, packaging and engineering.
  • Tata Steel Group is one of the world's most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and a commercial presence across the world.
  • The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
     

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