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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”.
Tata Steel shuts down blast furnace at Port Talbot steel plant
Tata Steel ceases operations at Port Talbot, UK's largest steel plant, with plans to resume steelmaking in 2027/2028.
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.
Can Port Talbot survive change at Tata?
Eleven years ago a senior Tata manager claimed investment in Port Talbot would secure steelmaking for the next 100 years. That was the day the £185m blast furnace number four was switched on. This week it has been turned off. None of us knew it would be ...
What will happen next at Tata's Port Talbot steelworks
The process of winding down operations at the final blast furnace has been underway for a number of days. Tata had warned residents they should expect 'whooshing' sounds and plumes of steam. Tata confirmed the last blast furnace at the site would be switched off, along with the remaining heavy-end operations on Monday, September 30.
How the end of coal in the UK and closure of Port Talbot steelworks are related
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Will steel town Port Talbot now have cleaner air?
"They used to say people in the area shouldn't buy white dogs," Anna Phillips recalls with a smile.The retired teacher has lived alongside the UK's largest steelworks in Port Talbot for the best part of 70 years.
Capturing last days at Port Talbot's steelworks
For Jon, there is a strange sense of déjà vu, having documented the fictional demise of a steelworks in the town as a production photographer for the Michael Sheen drama The Way last year.
‘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 ...
'End of an era' as final blast furnace at Tata in Port Talbot stops operating today - September 30
There will around 2,000 direct job losses at the steelworks as a result of the move, plus a huge number of indirect losses in ...
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, ...