steels

It is often used in the production of cast iron and stainless steels as well as some paint pigments, biofuels and solar panels.

Tata Steel's exports from the UK to America are packaging steels and tubular products for oil and gas industries, according to Mr Nair.

His government imposed duties in May targeting China's electric cars, solar panels and steels.

The best cryogenic steels, specially engineered to resist fracture, are about 20 times tougher than these materials.

"We believe we have a very exciting future ahead, providing the high quality, low-CO2 steels that our customers in the UK and overseas are so desperate for."