Final blast furnace at Tata in Port Talbot shuts
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. | ITV News Wales
‘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 to an end.
Tata Steel shuts down last remaining blast furnace at Port Talbot in United Kingdom
Braving the opposition from workers and political parties for almost a year, the Indian company stuck to its plan to end steelmaking operation at the South Wales site on September 30, with the closure of the sinter plant,
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.
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.
'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 businesses and contractors linked to the site
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 moment Port Talbot's blast furnaces fell silent bringing to an end a chapter in Wales' history
This is the moment true, original steel production in Wales was brought to an end. As the sun set over the UK's largest steel ...
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UK's biggest steelworks in Port Talbot to cease production leading to thousands of job losses in South Wales
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Traditional steelmaking ends in Port Talbot
The Tata steelworks will stop producing liquid iron as part of a restructure costing 2,800 jobs.
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, ...