Huscarl Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 The myth that our Steel Production has died off is untrue, according to Magna, so I was told recently? Apparently, it produces more steel now than ever before in history, it's just the staffing levels that have been decimated, not actual steel output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I think it is more than decimated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 The myth that our Steel Production has died off is untrue, according to Magna, so I was told recently? Apparently, it produces more steel now than ever before in history, it's just the staffing levels that have been decimated, not actual steel output. yes it is all automated nowadays, so you don't need the staff is what I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Please tell us where all this steel is produced then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 To be fair I heard this fact a few years ago as well. I can't remember where I heard or read it so it could well be an urban myth. Or just possibly. It might just be true. Stranger things have happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 To be fair I heard this fact a few years ago as well. I can't remember where I heard or read it so it could well be an urban myth. Or just possibly. It might just be true. Stranger things have happened I heard it about 10-15 years ago. It probably is true. Rolling mills don't need men to push girders through, they require a button to be pressed nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpist Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Please tell us where all this steel is produced then. Rotherham,Aldwarke works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I heard it about 10-15 years ago. It probably is true. Rolling mills don't need men to push girders through, they require a button to be pressed nowadays. It was wrong then and is even more wrong today! Btw 'Girders' have never been produced in Sheff in significant quantities as they are for construction purposes and are made of mild steels, not the type of steels that were made here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Rotherham,Aldwarke works Only makes around 500,000 tonnes pa now, but even when Aldwarke was producing much more it wasn't making as much as was produced at the original Rotherham Works, Templeborough. Neither of which are in Sheffield anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 So has anyone got any figures as to how much steel was produced in Sheffield in 2010 compared with, say, 1975? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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