Optemis is our journey to become a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045. A brighter, cleaner future.
Steel has always been the backbone of progress - shaping skylines, transport, technology and the world we live in. Today the future demands more than strength alone. It demands responsibility, adaptability and a willingness to rethink what’s possible.
This is where Optemis Evolve begins.
Optemis Evolve is the identity for a new phase in our steelmaking: a journey of transformation that reshapes not only how steel is produced, but what it represents. It symbolises a deliberate shift - to modern electrified production; from linear consumption to circular regeneration; from high carbon intensity to smart, measurable reduction.
Optemis Evolve offers:
• Lower embodied CO2: Reflecting a more sustainable production process.
• Higher recycled scrap content: Contributing to the circular economy and reducing reliance on virgin resources.
The steel is processed at Tata Steel UK in the normal way and transformed into coated steels, tubes, building products and more to meet our customers’ specifications.
It’s the same products our customers know but with significantly lower embodied CO2, bringing the future of responsible steelmaking into the hands of customers today. Evolve represents a conscious move toward greater circularity and measurable carbon reduction - delivered by sourcing high quality electric arc furnace steel substrate. This step paves the way for Tata Steel UK’s transition to its own EAF, set to come on stream in late 2027 quality electric arc furnace steel substrate.
Optemis Evolve is steel produced from high-quality electric arc furnace (EAF) substrate, from trusted quality-focused suppliers.
By utilising high-quality electric arc furnace steel substrate with lower embodied CO2 Tata Steel UK can offer finished steel products that help customers meet their carbon reduction objectives today, while providing a clear bridge to the commissioning of our new EAF in late 2027.
This next phase represents:
• the technological shift
• the energy transformation
• the recycled feedstock
• the commitment to our customers
It is a story of evolution powered by insight, change guided by our customers, progress delivered with integrity.
Evolve represents Tata Steel UK stepping into its next chapter with clarity and purpose. The name captures the continuous improvement, innovation, and systemwide change behind our transition to EAF steelmaking - all realised through the Optemis journey.
Where Optemis Carbon Lite communicates the start of that ambition – a fully certified in-setting scheme - Optemis Evolve communicates the next step on that journey: the commitment to reduce the CO2 footprint of the substrate of steel itself.
Optemis Evolve tells customers:
“This steel comes from a process in transition. A process moving in the right direction. A process designed for the future.”
And with every tonne produced under this new differentiator we are sending a signal to the market: that decarbonisation is not only achievable - it is already happening, transparently, measurably, and with ambition. Optemis Evolve is more than a differentiator. It’s a promise that our ambition toward cleaner steel is real, ongoing, and accelerating.
It’s evolution, engineered.