A £1.4bn greenfield DRI-EAF-ESP facility on Teesside — developed in response to a capability gap that UK incumbents are not currently addressing.
The UK has had zero domestic electrical steel production since 2019, when Orb Electrical Steels — the country's last producer — closed. Every tonne used in EV motors, grid transformers, heat pumps and rail traction systems is imported from China, Japan, South Korea and the EU.
The UK Steel Strategy (March 2026) identified this as a critical supply chain vulnerability. No incumbent producer is pursuing domestic electrical steel capability. Aurora is the only active project to address this gap.
The transition to electrification — EVs, offshore wind, grid modernisation, SMRs — is accelerating demand precisely as supply chain risk is rising. Aurora is positioned to supply this market from within the UK, from 2031.
Aurora requires a site that is genuinely rare: large contiguous heavy industrial land, deep-water port access for bulk ore imports, high-voltage grid infrastructure, and a planning environment suited to major industrial development.
Few sites in the UK combine all of these characteristics at scale. Teesworks, with its established heavy industrial footprint, represents a strong natural fit for a project of Aurora's scope.
Aurora requires 60–70 hectares on a long-term tenure, with direct access to Teesport for Panamax bulk vessel berthing and proximity to the Teesside industrial grid.
Aurora is currently in pre-FEED. We welcome enquiries from site partners, strategic investors, offtake counterparties, and relevant public bodies. Full project documentation is available under a mutual NDA.