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Port Talbot - News, views, pictures, video - Wales Online. News. Latest Wales News. Port Talbot today was formed by the merger of communities including Baglan, Margam and Aberafan. It is...
Tata Steel: Thousands of jobs to go as Port Talbot blast furnaces …
Tata Steel confirms it is cutting 2,800 jobs across the UK, with the bulk expected to be at its Port Talbot site. The company is closing its blast furnaces at Port Talbot and replacing them...
Traditional steelmaking in Port Talbot ends - BBC
Sep 29, 2024 · Steelworkers have drilled the final hole in the last remaining blast furnace in Port Talbot, bringing to an end the traditional method of steelmaking in south Wales.
Port Talbot: Tata Steel's blast furnaces to close with 3,000 ... - BBC
Jan 18, 2024 · Tata Steel is to push ahead with plans to close both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot with the expected loss of 3,000 jobs UK-wide, the BBC has been told. Most are expected to go by September,...
Traditional steel production in Wales ends as last blast furnace …
Sep 30, 2024 · The last iron to be produced in Port Talbot has been “tapped”, bringing an end to traditional steel production in Wales. Tata Steel started winding up operations at blast furnace number four at the UK’s largest steel plant on Monday.
Nearly 2,000 jobs to be lost as Port Talbot braces for closure
Sep 26, 2024 · The long goodbye to blast furnace no. 4 is nearly over, as Port Talbot stands on the precipice of becoming a ‘steel town’ stripped of its ability to make its own ‘virgin’ steel.
Tata Steel: UK's biggest steelworks shuts down final furnace ... - Sky News
Sep 30, 2024 · The giant Port Talbot steelworks will not close completely - it will continue to operate hot and cold strip mills to roll steel slabs imported from overseas.
Traditional steelmaking in Wales ends as Tata close final ... - ITVX
Sep 30, 2024 · Tata's decision to cease primary steelmaking in Port Talbot will result in around 2,500 UK job losses, followed by another 300 in three years.
Live: Tata confirms 2,800 job losses and Port Talbot blast furnace …
Jan 19, 2024 · Port Talbot steelworks' owner Tata has confirmed it will cut 2,800 jobs and shut the blast furnaces at the landmark Welsh plant. The Indian-owned steel firm issued a formal statement today...
Workers at UK’s biggest steel plant get ... - Associated Press News
Sep 11, 2024 · Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said workers at the Port Talbot Steelworks in south Wales, owned by India’s Tata Steel, will be offered improved severance terms and a reskilling package if they choose.