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Blast Furnace number four at the Tata Steel Port Talbot steelworks. The South Wales site employs half of Tata Steel's 8,000-strong UK workforce. AFP
Blast Furnace number four at the Tata Steel Port Talbot steelworks. The South Wales site employs half of Tata Steel's 8,000-strong UK workforce. AFP
UK's largest steel plant gets £500m taxpayer boost to go green
Indian owner Tata Steel will also put £700m into plan to replace blast furnaces, but unions fears thousands of jobs will be lost