How STEEL is MADE in Great Britain!

[@seanthebluesheep]

There's something so heartwarming about the look on Brinley's face as he talks about his job and his family history. That's a look of job satisfaction and absolute pride.

[@boydholliday3356]

So cool nice episode

[@ArmySoldier1972]

Totally agree

[@kevincassidy1057]

Steel mill workers are different. It’s more of a family than a job!!

[@bernardputersznit64]

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

[@jakedowman-french3205]

@@kevincassidy1057 I think that's the aspect that makes it so sad when British steel mills are closed - because it became a multi-generational thing for so many families it inevitably gets embedded in the familial and community heritage of the area. It's not just their job that they lose, it's very much a part of them that they're losing too!

[@redgriffa]

The steel industry in Britain has gone through a lot of issues over the past number of years. People don't realise the complexity and the skill required to produce it and the amount of people who's livelihoods revolve around it. Thank you for showing not just the process so accurately but also the people who make it all work. Excellent video.

[@MrChevelle83]

I work in a steel mill and It still amazes me that this process is even possible.

[@MeTTax82]

I guess it is similar in german steel industry. I hope it does not disappear (or wander to china)

[@tepidbudgie]

@@MeTTax82 unfortunately it's already well on its way to China's hands, I believe China owns some major manufacturing plants in the UK already.

[@MeTTax82]

@@tepidbudgie the one that is showed in this video is owned by an indian company. But yeah, it is the same in germany - china and arabian oil-countries are buying a lot of german industry.

[@atanasapostolov2731]

@@MrChevelle83 for real tho.. And when you consider how long we've been doing it for it makes more sense how far we have come in terms of technology with chips and rockets and so on.. Like if we have been able to do THAT for so long no wonder we got landing rockets now 😂

[@TheAcogshot]

I'm a steelworker from the Scunthorpe plant. It was very nice to get to see the Port Talbot plant in all its glory. They have a very impressive process and I'm very grateful to both them and you for putting it out in such a well made video. I'd love to see you come to Scunthorpe one day to see how we turn ore and coal in to 120m lengths of world class rail. It is quite something. Edit: Quite a lot of likes on this comment so I'll put this here. It was sad to see on the news that the final blast furnace was turned off at Port Talbot. It's a sad day for the British steel industry. It makes videos like this all the more precious. We'll look back on it in 20 years and see what a brilliant industry we used to have in this country.

[@juggernaut2035]

I'm not sure the Chinese would allow something like this

[@Ares_gaming_117]

@@juggernaut2035 you mean showing trade secrets?

[@barnzYT]

Scunthorpe steelworks you're covered in steel before you start working

[@turnernetwork8766]

I work at OPP at the Scunthorpe plant😂👋

[@datbase2776]

Nice to actually see what happens in this steel works as I machine a lot of parts for this steelworks, and driving by every now and again, just the scale of it is amazing some times

[@jarinklinkenberg1928]

Oh wow I love this video. I work at Tata Steel in the Netherlands. Steel making is in my blood. It's so great to see your enthusiasm. Really amazing.

[@philldoraine3549]

Been at your plant several times changing out the big motors off the warm roll mill :D ... never saw it running tho

[@jarinklinkenberg1928]

@@philldoraine3549 oh really? i work at the pelletizing plant. making those small pellets used in the blast furnace.

[@siiluviilu]

Is it possible to come job shadow there or is it too dangerous?

[@devstation18]

Ijmiuden Plant ??😊

[@jarinklinkenberg1928]

@@devstation18 yeah exactly.

[@kylescarborough4084]

I've lived in Neath & Port Talbot County Borough all my life, this is the first time I've ever gotten to see the inner workings of the local steelworks. Thoroughly enjoyed this video!

[@drewowen8543]

Don't usually comment, but this video was fantastic, Alec. Your enthusiasm for learning and showing us the journey as well was infectious, and the people who guided you felt the same. The pride they take in their work was obvious, and that's amazing to see.

[@bernardputersznit64]

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

[@Spedley_2142]

I've watched many of Alec's videos and it's good to see somebody who has a deep appreciation of their raw material seeing it being made.

[@SlppyBacn]

Anyone else remember when he was making swords on a dirt floor by himself? Now he's got two massive workshops in two countries. Talk about expansion, AND he's clearly enjoying what he's doing. Keep up the killer work🙏🔥

[@jonathanlunger2775]

It is incredible, but i do still miss the Damascus days

[@bishyeahbish3758]

I was watching him even before the sword making, but, is this a competition or something I don't get why you're feeling the need to show how long you've been watching him. Congratulations you're extremely loyal to something and someone that (not in a bad way, but..)..doesn't care. I'm just saying.

[@frag4007]

@@bishyeahbish3758 who is competing. They just say they remember the old videos.

[@SlppyBacn]

@@bishyeahbish3758 not a competition. Literally just commenting on how I've enjoyed watching his growth

[@rustyshackleford1910]

I was there for the very first upload, so there

[@mymechanics]

Absolutely amazing! What a great video that was! Thanks for sharing

[@XargenTelNada]

My steel is too worn... I make new one

[@djamelhamdia134]

Nice to see you here!

[@magnumpunch]

@@XargenTelNada he regrounds the hot rolling stations =D

[@frankierzucekjr]

Agreed

[@anshul554]

Tata is emotion

[@philhermetic]

Fantastic video Alec! When I was at school in the sixties our metalwork teacher took us around Park gate steelworks in Rotherham, virtually the same tour as you have done, except they had open hearth furnaces to convert the iron into steel, and in the rolling mill, where they were making 24" RSJ's there were men on the rolling floor who caught the steel in tongs as it flew through the rollers, and directed it back the other way through another roller whilst a guy stood above ov a platform controling it all, it was the most awesome day of my life, and remember, very few people have seen it close up as we have! We are very honored!! What men, what machines! A few years ago I sat next to an old guy at the Green Man festival in south walws, and he told me about his days in the steelworks, you could see he loved every minute of it, and he said "the pay was so good we used to call the steelworks "treasure Island" Thanks Alec, that was truly awesome! Phil

[@shaw4020]

Alot off my family worked a parkgate im the last one that worked at aldwark left 2 years ago now at smacc sheffield

[@b.elzebub9252]

It's really cool to see these giant processes of industry that you'd normally not even think about. The men that provided the tour also seemed genuinely happy to show you around and tell you(and us by extension) about the steel-mill. It's nice to see a genuine pride in their jobs like that. That pride, the smiles, and the fact that that one guy has worked their for 17 years and did not hesitate at all when you asked if he liked working there tells me this company probably takes good care of their employees. Which is always important. But this is a dangerous and crucially important job. These guys deserve to be treated well.

[@digitalfrrreak]

A crew of two managed to catch some absolutely nuts footage and sparked far more interest than some big budget productions. Alec could branch off as a documentary type guy and it would work out fine I bet (Jamie too).

[@PotatoesRnice]

@mmpj twod Alec loves the heat

[@Jussiewelsh]

As an employee of Tata Steel and responsible for procuring the services of contractors who maintain every asset and machine on our sites, I still get overwhelmed by the scale of the operation! Absolutely loved this video, the passion and excitement was brilliant! Alec’s reactions were brilliant and he’s done an awesome job of showing and explaining the whole process!! Well done! 🤩

[@debopriyosarkar7636]

Hey Jussie which Tata Steel branch are you from? Greetings and good health to you from an Engineer of Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, India!🎉🎉❤❤

[@rankingresearchdata]

​@@debopriyosarkar7636Wales

[@Atomy111]

Former employee i guess

[@xmderbesx9583]

The amount of joy on Alecs face, as well as the joy of everyone there, was infectious. It's cool to see Alec so happy.

[@bernardputersznit64]

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

[@emirhanm4255]

I am Metallurgical and Materials Engineering student at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul. I shared this video to my classmates so many times, helps us to understand this process thanks a lot.

[@jamesexploringonline872]

You gotta love the way in which the commentator gets so excited 10:31 he brings in blunt humour, if that’s the right word. He helps make this documentary interesting in deed.

[@davidorf3921]

As an engineer I know the processes and have seen some rather dry doccumentary type videos from steel plants, but Alec you really bought it to life with your enthusiasm, well done, I hope Tata will be sending you some samples

[@davesmith5656]

Tata sponsors the world class Tata Steel Chess Tournament.

[@JerryRigEverything]

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

[@matttzzz2]

1st

[@johnsmithsu310]

Jerry Rig Manufacture incoming?

[@Nst3204]

Is it really you?

[@yashranpara7853]

Tata power 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳

[@celebrityX]

Oh yeah!...

[@terrybradford3727]

I love this. Please, if possible, more like this. Now that I am retired, I wish I could actually go and observe this kind of stuff. One of the perks of being a Dad and being able to volunteer for field trips (what they are called in America, it's basically taking school age kids out to see something cool or interesting.

[@Electric_Snap]

Wonder who would've named these facilities 'Field Trips' for steel refining and manufacturing? Congrats on being a dad!

[@lordsathariel4384]

when i was in around year 3 or 4 of primary school we went on a trip into a local deep coal pit mine just known as the pit locally because it was just a giant whole with a elevator going down it but since i was always claustrophobic i didn't like the idea of mine/cave system that was older then my great grandmother and had loads of tight tunnels so instead i got to have a look at the transportation system for the coal onsite and a small workshop with what looked like a casting system and a lot of tools I'm guessing were for repairs of equipment when the site was still open as a business truly fascinating places

[@NippyNep]

@@Electric_Snap a field trip is more so going to visit places as a class

[@Eddiecurrent2000]

I live just down the road from Tata Steel Port Talbot, and it's always an amazing sight at night. I especially love the two large flames emitted from the plant, god only knows what they are but they're mesmerizing at night.

[@TheFreshSpam]

A flue, they are burning excess or dangerous gases to make it safer and release pressure

[@scepticrat]

I do social work in outpatient mental health, helping homeless veterans get into housing in the US. Totally different vocation. This operation is so amazing to me, and the enthusiasm, pride, and love for the work these people do is just...awesome. Seeing this fills me with respect.

[@jasonh8043]

D.D. Helping individuals with mental/emotional issues is challenging. Much respect and admiration for working with our veterans to make their lives better. I thank ALL veterans for their service and sacrifice, and thank You for doing what You can to help them.

[@SlopedOtter]

I’m a veteran from the United Kingdom, and I used to travel past this Steelworks about once a month whilst I served. You get a great view of the whole plant from the M4 motorway. Now I’m an engineer! I love hearing other people’s perspectives online. I can say that the civilian team that helped me with my transition out of the military were a big help and all of the veterans I know appreciate it more that you know.

[@High_Lord_Of_Terra]

There were 3 steel works in Gwent alone and now there's one in the whole of Wales. The first stainless steel outside Sheffield was made in Panteg, Pontypool. The first sheet steel was rolled from Panteg steel. Us Welsh are basically Dwarves that have no mines or forges.

[@Cooper121842]

My uncle used to work as a director at TATA and I managed to get a tour. I remember watching the sheets being rolled out and coiled up at the end, all the time being sprayed with water and still after it was in rolls and “cooled” at the end you couldnt stand on the walkway exactly where Alex was above them for too long for the sheer amount of heat coming off it. Still can’t get over the scale of this place

[@alejandromagallanez193]

Thank you for showing this process. My grandfather retired from the mills in northwest Indiana (near Chicago). Never knew what his job entailed. Thank you for this glimpse into my family history.

[@tigertiger1699]

Cheers to TATA and all the crew using your steel here in 🇳🇿👍🙏 Awesome vid..!

[@jdp]

I was lucky enough to walk the hot rolling mill from end to end as a graduate trainee around 30 years ago, as I worked for a company that had the contract for the cooling water chemical treatment. Words and pictures can only partially describe the sheer amount of energy in the process of turning 30 tonnes of slab into 30 tonnes of coil in just a few minutes and I still remember clearly how you could feel it with all your senses... just incredible. Watching your video brought it all back. Highlights for me at the time were the noise as the slab hit the reversing roughing roller, the speed of the plate at the end of the runout table and the crazy speed of the down coiler. We also had the contract on the blast furnace cooling, but I never managed to get up close and personal to that, so it was great to watch your footage of it.

[@TrystyKat]

I grew up in an ex-mining community in SW Wales that used to supply coal to this place. First time in 36 years that I've seen the inside of the plant. Thank you, Alec.

[@zerg9523]

Drove past this place every weekend for 8 years… glad you finally got me a look on the inside! Cheers Alec, and Tata.

[@joeltham1979]

My uncle Reg worked at the Port Talbot steel works in the 1960s and 70s. When I was a little girl he proudly showed me around it. I remember the heat, the darkness, the sparks and moulten steel pouring and running in channels. It was so exciting and loud but I don't remember having any safety equipment given to me to wear. Thank you for that trip down memory lane. 🥰

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Ahhh yes, the good ol' days.

[@dan1565656]

Im from Swansea and always wondered how TATA made its steel. This is amazing to see what we have on our doorstep! Brilliant video!

[@FoldingIdeas]

Fantastic work Alec and Jamie, this was unbelievably cool.

[@TheJohtunnBandit]

The thought of how much cooperation, collaboration, and thorough design that goes into a plant like that is enough to bring a tear to my eye. Multiple generations!

[@vidyadharjoshi5714]

There is also a DRI process which claims to be more efficient. It's also called sponge iron. Does not require huge scale. I believe there are a lot of small to mid scale DRI plants at many places.

[@marcelschurgers8164]

Like a kid in a candyshop. I loved your enthusiasm and I loved seeing how steel is made!

[@benjones1917]

Absolutely fantastic. I'm from Wales and have passed by Port Talbot steelworks on the M4 for over 30 years, and have loved the place, the smell, the smoke, steam, drama, lights at night, all of it ❤️ Picked up the reference to Llanwern, which sadly lost its blast furnaces a few years back 😪

[@markrainford1219]

Yes it IS exciting to see the wheels of industry turning.

[@makeasylumsgreatagain864]

They should have kept Llanwern and closed port Talbot,Llanwern was like a conveyor belt,port Talbot is scattered all over the place,which produces inferior steel,such a shame

[@debopriyosarkar7636]

As an Engineer posted in Tata Steel Jamshedpur Plant, India, a smile covered my face when I heard the same named company in another country. Great video as always!❤️

[@Crazytesseract]

Sir it is the same company, not just same named company! 👍

[@justinheitzman9188]

23 Years in the American steel industry and i always love seeing plants from around the world. thank you for sharing. amazing video.

[@justinheitzman9188]

God i'd love to be able to go there and do some work. you either love a steel mill or hate it. and i def love them

[@abi3751]

​@@justinheitzman9188are these jobs highly dangerous?

[@koen3029]

These kinds of processes are so interesting! I love videos like this, really cool!

[@Nordern]

I watch this with a sense of sadness, where i now live there is a Steel factory that has been around for a really long time and is the foundation of the area, it has now been shut down and won't re-open as the company from England that said they wanted to start up production again pulled out due to the electricity costs :(

[@netwright4083]

It will probably reopen as some hipster craft beer brewery where dudes with man buns sip IPAs in flannel.

[@samfletcher93]

North East?

[@johnthemainguy9059]

Dad was a hot strip mill foreman (similar to Tata's) and I worked for a company that made the roll cooling systems, so I've spent plenty of time in mills. It's still awesome, scary, and fascinating. Thanks Alec!

[@Ackers85]

This is awesome. Been watching Alec for some time, so to see him do a video on the steel works in my hometown is awesome. Also, great to see the inside of the world having only ever seen the exterior.

[@The-Kalamity]

This was awesome to watch. I work at DS Containers the largest manufacturer of aresol cans in America, all our steel coils come from TATA Steel, was definitely cool to see how much process goes into these coils being made

[@absynthminded]

Any industry that becomes generational, is by definition a national treasure. The pride and joy in those men's faces speaks volumes about why Brittan is truly Great.

[@bernardputersznit64]

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

[@DrWhom]

Ha ha "Brittan"

[@Az-om8rw]

Well said! Great name too :)

[@RickWagenvoort]

Indian company lol

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Owned by India.

[@dan725]

youtube algorithm DO YOUR THING. This thing NEEDS to be seen by MILLIONS! This is important and I’m so glad Alec was able to get access to showcase pretty much the engine of modern civilization! Love Alec’s enthusiasm, and how he engaged the everyday workers there! These fellows are all the catalysts of our very human industry; and I want to see more!!!!

[@doctormaddix2143]

I visitied a steel plant in Germany during my uni time. It was honestly a mind-boggling experience. The sheer scale of things, the heat and the forces involved blew me away. The whole plant reminded me of Bladerunner a bit. And the plant you showed in this video is really similar to the plant I visited. After the visit everything I wore smelled like steel, my nose was black and I could taste the steel on my tongue even the next day.

[@loreman2803]

My mother was Born in Port Talbot, I'm a Second generation of Welsh people, its nice to see a family history being covered

[@Thundermuffin93]

Holy cowow. Talk about fangirling, mindblown, awestruck Alec. This was pretty much unreal. Thank you so much for bringing us along Alec and Jamie!

[@brookead]

For my GCSE Geography project (34 years ago!) I did mine on a steel works. My Dad ran a steel company that did specialist profiles in hot rolled steel at the time and he arranged for me to go on basically this exact same tour, at Scunthorpe (I think it was, might have been Redcar) to see the exact same stuff you are seeing. It's barely changed as a basic process, and it's giving me massive childhood flashbacks watching this! :). I can't even count how many times I went into Darlington to my Dad's company and went into the rolling mills with him. Different to a coil rolling mill; this was specialist profiles and it brilliant to watch. The coolest part is when they are rolling something like a complex I beam style profile, but the steel is going around a 180 degree bend at one end of the mill to turn it around and send it back the other way! Massive massive flashbacks! :)

[@Invictus4318]

Urbandoned did a great explore of the abandoned Redcar blast furnace, it’s on KZbin. Definitely worth a watch and may bring back some memories of your geography trip

[@GeekyGarden]

This is awesome! My ancestors were from that same region of Wales, but immigrated to the US in the late 1800s to work in the steel mills of Pennsylvania. Later, my grandfather became the shift engineer at a coal-fired power plant in West Virginia. He and my dad both retired from there. I also worked there in college. Now they're slowly demolishing the old plant. The furthest I've been able to trace may family tree back was to the mid-1700s in Wales. My great, great, great, great, great grandfather was a farmer somewhere in Pelenna.

[@shershah9406]

why they are demolishing the plant ?

[@DaniG.German883]

@@shershah9406globalism

[@km077]

It's great to see a competent reporter, who has a very good understanding of the thing and does similar stuff- blacksmithing in this case. That perfectly justified and in-place enthusiasm and the utmost respect and joy for the people and their craftsmanship are just cherries on top. wonderful stuff!

[@EngineerLewis]

Great to see the Port Talbot plant in operation and brings back memories of my time working as an apprentice in the LLanwern steel plant and all the huge process plant there. My father took me on a visit as a young man and I saw the process from the high level walkways/gantrys above the steel plant... happy days! Thanks for the video.

[@greenwoodorganics4681]

It was great watching you slowly get more and more excited as each stage of the process got more insane. What an incredible scale of production

[@budgetgym]

Thanks for the great video Alec, I myself work at the Tata site in IJmuiden, the Netherlands. It´s fascinating to see how things work in Wales, so similar yet so different. I always enjoy your videos and hope there will be many more. Greetings from Heerhugowaard, the Netherlands

[@ProudTurkroach]

I thought tata only produced steel in India Because of cost of production

[@Alloran]

Super neat stuff. Those blast furnaces can be incredibly precise about the metallic compositions of those alloys too, which is insane considering the fact that everything is running so hot you can't get near it.

[@geraintdavid3014]

living next to TATA and driving past it all the time I take for granted how massive an endeavor it. Truly incredible

[@devstation18]

This is the Tata Corus Plant in Port Talbot , used to work in Tata Shipping Division used to operate the ships which used to carry coking coal and Iron ore to the European plants in Port Talbot and Ijmuden

[@thelostspaceman1783]

Amazing video! I'm from Wales and I go past these factories every now and then and I never knew they were the biggest steel manufacturer in Britain!

[@muldoon67]

This is amazing!. I know it's not your normal content, but seriously you should do more of these. Longer versions. Watching this with a massive smile, and I don't know why.

[@torbjornahman]

Amazing video Alec! As you said, it's hard to grasp the scale of things like this... everything is just huge!

[@michael5045]

Loved this video! Liked how super enthusiastic you were about the whole process, and really liked how clearly you explained everything. Makes it very easy for anyone to see and understand the scale and scope of the steel making process. Super cool!

[@BlameTheLag]

so as a welsh man and close to tata literally 5 mins away, most people who love engineering go to college and get an apprenticeship with tata, myself included, thanks for putting tata and wales on the map

[@thomabow8949]

Alec I've been watching you for years, and this is strangely one of the best videos I've ever seen, and your work is phenomenal as it is

[@goodluck2522]

Hell yes I love seeing these guys get stoked about how enthusiastic Alec is about what they do..such a great vibe

[@bishyeahbish3758]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that they're not Actually that enthusiastic about their job. I think only naivety would believe that they have that much happiness and enthusiasm for their everyday job (I don't know why that's not obvious but hopefully this helped with the realisation of some actual reality for you bro. I'm just saying 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@goodluck2522]

@@bishyeahbish3758 Sounds to me like your negative outlook on life is YOUR problem. You should address that.

[@persildaz5090]

@@bishyeahbish3758 Port Talbot's entire economy is based on the steel works. Trust me, if the industry dies, the town dies with it. They are genuinely motivated to keep it going, because if they don't, their whole lives, families and town cease to exist.

[@nxrth2085]

@@bishyeahbish3758 As a fellow Welshman who's father is also a steel worker, bollocks. You heard what they said, it's a generational thing, some thing to be proud of. I hope one day you can also find pride in your work.

[@abloogywoogywoo]

@@bishyeahbish3758 You're obviously trolling mate. Of course people take pride in their work.

[@ALoadOfOldScrap]

Fascinating! I love industrial processes on a crazy scale like this, the idea that if one process goes wrong everything would have to stop until it was sorted. You captured the atmosphere really well.

[@davesmith5656]

Notice the absence of the anti-corporation loonies here.

[@williamwestphal1301]

This video is awesome. I work at these type of plants hired by contractors to fix them annually. Places like USS zug island/BOP and the refinery on Ford property that is now AK steel. Zug island is decomitioned now. These places are wild to work at no doubt. LOCAL 169 baby!

[@kalingarajan9966]

My father works for Steel Authority of India Ltd and I am very happy to see this video!!! I've visited the steel factory, it's very thrilling especially blast furnace and converter!!! So I can understand the excitement level!! 😀😀

[@arendelle.]

Good luck son of a govt job officer

[@dcallan812]

TATA steel ant in Redcar was closed down and eft to go cold. It's in the process of being demolished, after years of steel making over years Dorman Long used Teesside steel to build the Sydney harbour bridge. great video 2x👍

[@michaelbrook9165]

Worked at redc❤ar plant on the feline in 86 and various other stints as a contracted. Returned in 2015 to then RPS as instrument engineer this time with SSI. now it’s all gone the blast was demolished last Wednesday so sad to see.

[@dcallan812]

@@michaelbrook9165 I did an apprentice with ICI and moved to London right after I qualified. My sister started at Steel House right out of college she is still working at Skinningrove offices last part of the steel plants left around here. (She's 62)

[@bwmcreynolds]

Man this is cool. Loving the industrial and trade spotlights and documentary style stuff you're doing! I could watch this kind of stuff all day!

[@Imurai]

At first I misread the title: "How Steele is made" and thought to myself: what an undignified way for Mrs. Steele to make her debut on the channel.

[@krashd]

It can thousands of backbreaking hours to forge a new Mills & Boon novella.

[@ronnyvanderwee417]

One of the best videos I 've seen . Thank You Great Britain !

[@isaacjones748]

Lived in Swansea for 6 years, looking over at Port Talbot (P'talbut as it's often pronounced in Wales), the main Swansea bay beach was amazing to sit on for the sunset and into the night with your little beach bonfire. Could often see the fires off the stacks across the bay, was a beautiful sight

[@benaskham4181]

I work in a foundry in Sheffield as a melter, the largest casting we can do is 3.5 tonnes, weekly average is about 24 tonnes melted. Mind boggling to think of the scale going on here. Being from Sheffield I love the history of the city with steel being a huge part of it. Everyone I work with hasn’t left for any other industry.

[@craftsman145]

Genuinely wish I could give more likes, lived in Britain all my life and this video has made me feel like a right hermit! I did not know we had amazing processing plants and interesting factories like this, keep up the good work Alec, teaching us how such a fascinating industry/job like this works :)

[@spikeypineapple552]

This is amazing, but also kind of sad. There used to be plants like this all over the country, especially in south wales. Newport for example, was built around it's steel industry. Now even this plant is in danger, and buying steel in the UK and recieving some made in the UK is basically a once in a year kind of thing,.

[@ironhammer3734]

This is one of the most fascinating and educational videos I've watched in a very long time, thank you Alec! And how fantastic for you to see it in person, you are becoming a celebrity in your own right. Good on you buddy, good on you! God Bless!

[@davidripley2916]

Respect to all the Steelmen, cos we all need steel. ❤

[@boahnation9932]

You can see the huge flames coming out of one of the stacks at night from Swansea. It lights up the sky!

[@alexh3974]

that is beyond amazing, the scale, and level of men, machines and work it takes to turn iron into building blocks of almost everything. more please :)

[@sillygoose7646]

So cool to see how this is done.

[@Bowserex]

You haven't even watched the full vid hahaha

[@indieworks]

Pro video - well explained processes. As a retired British Steel and Corus engineer I can tell you that steel is still in my blood. I still dream about the plant

[@AndrewCartwright304]

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[@abloogywoogywoo]

My father was a metallurgist at Port Talbot, who worked on the rolling mills, coke ovens, Concast, and the labs for nearly 30 years. Luckily he wasn't anywhere near Blast Furnace No. 5 when it exploded due to an incompetent safety management brought down from Scotland who had no clue what they were doing and trying to run the site into the ground (which would've ruined the entire economy of Port Talbot if they had their way, blast furnace explosions on that scale are rare, if not unheard of, in the industry). I hope the works will stay with us for at least another 30 years and longer.

[@user-ur5yg3cx8t]

memories for me, worked at tata steel jamshedpur for 8 years, the operation is way larger than this but i find this one very neat

[@lithros1]

This was a great video to watch. Also, props to Jamie for the amazing video work and editing.

[@ahill209]

What a treat! I'm a metallurgical engineer and I can say there are very few steel plants that have the entire process all at one site - from pig iron to steel to final sheet product. One interesting fact is that when steel (or any metal for that case) is being rolled, it gets thinner and longer, but not wider. That's because the friction between the metal and the roller prevent it from deforming sideways. So it just gets longer. I've watched tapping of the blast furnace live, and I can tell you the heat is so intense it comes at you in waves. I had a clipboard and used it to shield my face from the intense heat. Those who do this all day long are some very tough folks.

[@thefunniesies]

people who played with immersive engineering in minecraft are in awe rn (Me included)

[@Omegaderp]

Fun fact about the sinters and pellets, they use both since the pellets are very acidic on the PH scale and the sinters are very basic on the ph scale, which makes a near perfect balance so that fire resistant brick layer inside of the blast furnace last that immense amount of time before it has to be realligned or repaired. It is fun to see how much the same this is to the location i work at. I work at Tata Steel (The Netherlands, IJmuiden) and i went to the acadamy there so i know loads of things like this, and this is one of the many interesting things i know of. Thanks for showing the company i work at, Alec! People underestimate how much steel gets uses in the world, and how important it is to daily life

[@geohazelman7039]

All those guys that work there seem cool as hell.

[@luckycstriker]

This is so important. Traditional industries don't get the attention they deserve. This literally is what our world is made out of. I don't think enough MacBook/Starbucks people understand this. Looking forward to a PART 2, your enthusiasm is what makes the viewer appreciate how special this all is.

[@shelbyherring92]

I'm sure alot do, it's just not something at the forefront of their minds... But I do agree, the average person should take time to learn and acknowledge the amount of blood, sweat, and tears that go into producing the everyday things we take for granted, especially on an industrial scale. This is why I always loved channels like Alec's and How To Make Everything because they showcase the years, spanning generations, of experience and knowledge that went into producing the materials we know today and that it is also very hard and technical work.

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

"Tata Steel" Very traditional British industry. 😆

[@freeaudiojungle4407]

love steel making, hate macbook/starbucks people, simple as

[@krashd]

@@nonyafkinbznes1420 Doesn't matter who owns it if it's on British soil and worked by Brits then it is by definition part of British industry.

[@nonyafkinbznes1420]

@@krashd Yes, and British East India Company was actually Indian.

[@benstradling7615]

Port Talbot is a few miles down the road from where I live did know that iron and steel has been produced on the very same site since the middle ages I'm surprised that you weren't shown the wall of the monastery where the original iron works was situated legend has it that steel will always be produced in port Talbot as long as the wall stands so there is a dedicated group of locals who ensure that it never does 😉

[@roberttaylor6075]

That was one of the best on your channel, to see how the steel is made is an incredible process. I must admit I was thinking how dangerous it could be if just one thing went wrong, hat's off to those lad's working there amazing work. My mate worked in a steel rolling mill years ago they had some kind of stacker truck that rolled back and pinned him against the hot steel they where rolling, it literally burnt him down to the bone on his back arse and leg he still has horrendous scares but he went back to work after a year and he didn't even get any compensation. Today he could of retired from that day on now, but then he was more interested in getting back to work and earning for his family.

[@leaguemastergg3647]

I am an engineering student and the machinery in that place is just amazing

[@BenChilds]

It's amazing you could speak with such a huge smile on your face. What an incredible place to visit to see the scale of production that can be done.

[@ADARSHSINGH-iq3lu]

It really takes courage to work with those gigantic machines under extreme heat and smoke. though i saw the pollution was at its lowest ,generally it didn't happen in steel industry

[@ross7050]

This is an amazingly well put together video. such enthusiasm! Thank you 😁😁

[@Ma_X64]

It was quite interesting to see how such production is organized in Britain. It turns out that everything is about the same as in my city in Russia.

[@cietai9843]

It's the same in Korea, by the looks

[@lyster1ne681]

I’ve done lots of contract work at several similar facilities stateside. Steel mills are just one of those places that if you get it, you get it. They are truely amazing places critical to creating the modern world.

[@RCS-qx4km]

That scale of that operation is actually quite hard to digest. Absolutely incredible insight

[@ruslanshchuchkin]

coming back to this video one year later just to say that this it inspired me so much back then that i dreamt of somehow applying my machine learning knowledge to steel industry.. and here i am, 5 month in working for a startup that uses ml to help plants like this all over the world to save millions on co2 emissions and improve production efficiency. ahah it's hard to believe that all these terms from the video make total sense now and i couldn't be more happier! thank you so much Alec for posting this back then, been a long time follower and hope you can post more stuff like this and inspire people further!

[@logosofgame4273]

It's a shame that all of this is shut down now. They are planning to replace the blast furnaces but in the mean time most of the work force got laid off.

[@magglespaffygaming]

Don’t you just love ESG and Climate activists. Changing nothing in the world but kneecapping their country and screwing over workers.

[@spencerh2860]

How steel WAS made here

[@TheMadNatter]

Did it shut down?

[@andyclark1426]

Amazing to see the blasts /mills again and shame on successive governments for crippling our steel industry

[@__DreamBoat___]

This is heartwarming... Watching an Indian company in Britain... Doing absolutely amazing work

[@johnmichaelginty3210]

Love your enthusiasm Alec - and you certainly have the right surname for your passion. I live in the states, Pennsylvania to be exact, and I worked in the engineering department at LUKENS STEEL (before it was acquired by ARCELOR MITAL). Being around that manufacturing process was the most amazing experiences of my (then) young career. LUKENS is a mini-mill - electric-arc furnaces - turning scrap into refined steel ingots & slabs. Absolutely fascinating to watch. Great job explaining all this.

[@AndrewCartwright304]

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