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Can Port Talbot survive change at Tata?
Swansea University history expert Prof Louise Miskell, from Port Talbot, said: "Blast furnace steelmaking dates right back to the industrial revolution and the Victorian period, and the whole reason steelmaking and metal smelting takes place in Wales is because of coal.
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End of traditional steelmaking at Tata in Port Talbot
Adam Beechey, 33, from Taibach, Port Talbot, has finished his last shift after five years at the Tata site, but hopes to find other work there. But he says he still does not know what is next, admitting his is a “job at risk”.
Traditional steelmaking ends in Port Talbot
The last remaining blast furnace in Port Talbot will stop producing steel on Monday, ending the traditional method of steelmaking in south Wales. Tata Steel is expected to remove the last usable liquid iron from blast furnace 4 on Monday afternoon.
What will happen next at Tata's Port Talbot steelworks
The Port Talbot landscape has long been synonymous with the blast furnaces. The industrial structures, stained with red, the steam coming from them visible to all who live near, and those passing on the M4.
Will steel town Port Talbot now have cleaner air?
The move away from making steel from scratch using iron ore and coal to recycling metal in a new £1.25bn electric arc furnace could lead to a "90% reduction in dust from the works' chimneys", Tata has claimed. But for Port Talbot, the prospect of cleaner air comes at a cost - with around 2000 jobs lost.
How the end of coal in the UK and closure of Port Talbot steelworks are related
It is a momentous day in UK industrial history - in more ways than one. Sky's Ed Conway looks at why the country is de-industrialising faster than nearly every other developed nation.
Blast furnace steel making at Port Talbot comes to an end
The last remaining blast furnace will cease operating today with Tata seeking to move to an electric arc furnace operation in a £1.2bn investment
Port Talbot steelworks to close, thousands face job losses
The UK’s largest steelworks will halt production today after over a century, resulting in thousands of job losses across South Wales. Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant will shut down Blast Furnace 4, the last furnace in operation, around 5pm, with the final steel produced late on Monday evening.
Capturing last days at Port Talbot's steelworks
Photographer Mark Griffiths described his "close connection" to the town, growing up in Port Talbot and having family and friends working in the steelworks or part of the surrounding infrastructure. The 43-year-old said he felt compelled to make a short film called The Beginning Of The End,
‘Difficult’ day as last blast furnace shuts down at Port Talbot steelworks
Tata Steel UK chief executive Rajesh Nair said he is conscious of how ‘difficult’ it will be for everyone as production comes ...
Port Talbot's blast furnaces now belong to history but there is potential to transform the economy
The blast furnaces now belong to Port Talbot's past but the steel industry is no stranger to change and shifts in technology.
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UK's biggest steelworks in Port Talbot to cease production leading to thousands of job losses in South Wales
The UK's biggest steelworks in Port Talbot will cease production on Monday after more than 100 years leading to nearly 3,000 ...
Radio Wales Breakfast - With Dot Davies in Port Talbot and James Williams in Cardiff - BBC Sounds
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Warning of 'wooshing' sounds and plumes of steam at Tata steelworks in Port Talbot as town witnesses end of an era
It marks the beginning of the end of virgin steelmaking at Tata as the remaining blast furnace at the site is shut down, ...