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Tata Metal: UK’s largest steelworks to stop manufacturing after greater than 100 years

By Editorial Board Published September 29, 2024 4 Min Read
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Tata Metal: UK’s largest steelworks to stop manufacturing after greater than 100 years

The UK’s largest steelworks will stop manufacturing as we speak after greater than 100 years, resulting in 1000’s of job losses throughout South Wales.

Blast Furnace 4 – the ultimate furnace working at Tata Metal’s plant in Port Talbot – can be totally shut down at about 5pm, with the final metal made late on Monday night.

Tata Metal is changing the furnace with a greener electrical arc furnace which is able to use UK-sourced scrap metal, however that won’t be operational till 2028.

The transition will value £1.25bn, £500m of which is being paid by the British authorities and can result in practically 3,000 job losses, nearly 75% of the workforce.

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Unions have battled for months to push again the furnace closure and cut back the variety of redundancies.

Roy Rickhuss, normal secretary of the Neighborhood Union which represents most steelworkers at Port Talbot, mentioned it was an “incredibly sad and poignant day” for the British metal trade.

“It’s also a moment of huge frustration – it simply didn’t have to be this way.”

“Last year Community and GMB published a credible alternative plan for Port Talbot which would have ensured a fair transition to green steelmaking and prevented compulsory redundancies. Tata’s decision to reject that plan will go down as an historic missed opportunity,” he added.

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“While it will of course be a difficult day, it is a necessary step as we transition to a green steel future and secure the legacy of steelmaking at Port Talbot for future generations.”

In addition to round 2,800 job losses, many worry there can be a larger variety of employees within the wider provide chain impacted.

At this time the Welsh authorities introduced that companies impacted will be capable of apply for funding to beat “short-term challenges” in the course of the transition part.

Image from the 1920s of the first 2 blast furnaces at the UK's biggest steel works in Port Talbot, South Wales

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The primary two blast furnaces on the steelworks within the Nineteen Twenties

Secretary of state for Wales and chair of the Transition Board, Jo Stevens, mentioned: “Businesses and workers that supply Tata have been feeling the impact of the changes at Port Talbot for months.

“That is why I introduced this £13.5m fund inside weeks of the brand new UK authorities coming into workplace, and have labored at tempo with companions in Welsh authorities and the council to get purposes open.

“I encourage affected businesses to come forward and check their eligibility for this financial support, as part of the wider support package we are putting in place. This government will back workers and businesses whatever happens.”

The large Port Talbot steelworks won’t shut fully – it should proceed to function cold and warm strip mills to roll metal slab imported from abroad.

However it’s a vastly important day not just for the UK’s industrial infrastructure, however for a city constructed on metal that can now not produce it.

The federal government introduced earlier this month it should publish a method for the way forward for UK metal subsequent spring

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