The Steel Company of Wales Ltd was a Welsh

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and

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producer. It was formed in 1947 and absorbed into

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in 1967, British Steel then merged with

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and became Corus UK Limited. The business now forms part of

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. The company led the restructuring of the steel and tinplate industries around Swansea and

Llanelli ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...

, building the Abbey Steelworks at

Margam Margam is a suburb and community (Wales), community of Port Talbot in the Wales, Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being l ...

, planning a new deep water harbour at

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, and new tinplate works at Trostre and Velindre. Trostre came into production in 1951 and Velindre in 1956.BBC – South West Wales Eisteddfod – The Old Steelworks
/ref> The Steel Company of Wales was nationalised in 1951, becoming part of the

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, was denationalised shortly afterwards, becoming the Steel Company of Wales again, and renationalised in 1967.

References

Sources

* Whitaker's Almanack (various dates)

External links

Tata Steel UK websiteCatalogue of the papers of the Steel Company of Wales held at LSE Archives
Defunct manufacturing companies of Wales Steel companies of the United Kingdom Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange Former nationalised industries of the United Kingdom Manufacturing companies established in 1947 1947 establishments in Wales * Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1967 1967 disestablishments in Wales Engineering companies of Wales British companies disestablished in 1967 British companies established in 1947 {{industry-company-stub