Mae'r cyllid hwn yn adeiladu ar fuddsoddiad o dros £2 filiwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru i sefydlu'r Sefydliad Dur a Metelau (SaMI), a agorodd ym mis Chwefror 2018, ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Ymhlith rhai o amcanion eraill ein buddsoddiad yn SaMI oedd sefydlu Cymru yn un o brif ganolfannau ymchwil y DU ym maes dur a metelau, a helpu i ysgogi ac i sicrhau rhagor o fuddsoddiad oddi wrth ffynonellau ehangach ym maes llywodraeth ac ym myd diwydiant. Ers i'r Sefydliad gael ei lansio, mae hefyd wedi cael swm o £3 miliwn oddi wrth Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) er mwyn canolbwyntio ar brosesu dur mewn ffordd glyfar ac ar gynhyrchion gwerth uchel fel cerbydau sy'n rhedeg ar drydan, adeiladau sy'n effeithlon o ran ynni, a deunyddiau pacio cynaliadwy. Hoffem longyfarch Prifysgol Abertawe am fynd ati i wireddu'r uchelgais hwnnw drwy'r cyllid y mae wedi'i ddenu ers hynny.
This funding builds on Welsh Government investment of over £2 million to establish the Steel and Metals Institute (SaMI) in Swansea University which opened in February 2018. Our investment in SaMI was also designed to establish Wales as one of the major centres of steel and metals research in the UK and to help to lever and secure further investment from wider Government and industry sources.  Since its launch, the Institute has been awarded an additional £3 million of funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) to focus on smart steel processing and high value products such as electric powered vehicles, energy-efficient buildings and sustainable packaging. We would like to congratulate Swansea University on delivering on this ambition through the funding it has since attracted.