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Tata Steel ending union talks over 2,800 jobs

The company began a formal consultation on its restructuring plans in February. Its proposals include closing both blast furnaces in Port Talbot and cutting around 2,800 jobs across its UK operations.

The bulk of those job losses are likely to be in Port Talbot, which is the UK’s largest steelworks.

The 45-day consultation period has passed, and Tata Steel is expected to confirm its intentions to press ahead with the closure of both blast furnaces this year.

Union sources expect Tata Steel to close the older Blast Furnace 5 by June and to end iron production at Blast Furnace 4 in September.

The unions are continuing to lobby for Blast Furnace 4 to be kept open, as they view its continued operation as vital in the transition of the Port Talbot site to a greener future.

In a statement ahead of the meeting a Tata Steel spokesperson said its £1.25bn electric arc furnace “would be the largest investment in this country’s steel industry in decades and secure the future of UK steelmaking.”


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