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Tata to close Port Talbot plant early due to strike action

Unite says upcoming walkout at the plant, which was set to close in September, is ‘for the future of the steel industry’

The Guardian - UK

Tata set to shut down steel plant early because of Unite strike

Company brings forward blast furnace closure and launches legal action against union ballot

The Independent UK

China-owned British Steel said to have requested £600m of taxpayer support

Company is looking for help from next government to upgrade to less polluting technology

The Guardian - UK

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Union plans to escalate action over job losses at two steelworks in Wales

Unite move comes after Tata, which owns Port Talbot and Llanwern plants, threatened to cut redundancy pay

The Guardian - UK

Tata agrees Port Talbot deal with National Grid despite union criticism

New furnaces will be powered by electricity from 2027 but up to 2,800 workers will be made redundant

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel rejects union plan to save jobs and keep Port Talbot furnace open

Rejection of plan to keep one blast furnace open while building electric replacement ends hopes of avoiding as many as 2,800 job losses

The Guardian - UK

Unions condemn Tata Steel decision to shut Port Talbot coke ovens early

Union condemns decision as ‘massive blow’ and comes after firm confirmed closure of blast furnaces by end of year

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Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not

The Guardian - UK

'I Need To Fight': UK Steelworkers In Fear As Less Pollution Means Less Jobs

In the dim light of a pub in the steel-producing Welsh town of Port Talbot, Jason Wyatt sips his beer, his voice laden with worry.

International Business Times

Where tourists seldom tread, part 8: five more towns with hidden treasures

Port Talbot, Rochdale, Wick, Croydon and Kettering – we continue our series on places the guidebook writers skip

The Guardian - UK

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Champai Soren | Chosen successor

Champai Soren becomes the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand, known for his tribal support and political skills.

The Hindu

Chess: Wei Yi wins at Wijk aan Zee as former prodigy emerges from shadows

The 24-year-old was a grandmaster at 13 and the youngest ever 2700-rated player at 15, now he has jumped into the world top 10 with a chance to aim for the ultimate peak

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel boss defends decision to cut thousands of jobs at Port Talbot

TV Narendran says shareholders in Indian-listed firm had grown weary of billions of pounds being spent on plant

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Tata Steel ‘open to more UK investment’ despite Port Talbot job cuts

Exclusive: Steelworks owner to float possibility of new, smaller plant as it prepares to defend redundancies in Wales to MPs

The Guardian - UK

‘Hypocrisy’: Tata builds vast India furnace despite Port Talbot emissions claims

Owner says shutting Welsh blast furnaces will cut emissions, but it is opening a new one in India

The Guardian - UK

Tata’s Port Talbot decision goes beyond Wales and even steel

Where is the analysis that a country of Britain’s size, with an ambition to reboot its energy sector, can do it without virgin steel?

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a betrayal’: Port Talbot anger over Tata Steel’s decision to close furnaces

Local people fear their home will become a ‘ghost town’ and draw parallels with devastated Welsh coal communities

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International Business Times

Tata Steel Axes UK Jobs As Industry Forges Green Future

Indian-owned Tata Steel is to cut up to 2,800 UK jobs, it announced Friday, as the industry struggles to finance greener production of the metal.

International Business Times

Tata Steel Says To Cut Up To 2,800 UK Jobs

Indian-owned Tata Steel is to cut up to 2,800 UK jobs, it announced Friday, as the industry transitions to greener production of the metal.

The Guardian - UK

Port Talbot steelworks owners expected to confirm blast furnace shutdown

Union representatives protest over ‘crushing blow’ to workers and industry, with 3,000 jobs at risk

The Guardian - UK

We ‘clearly let society down’ and have broken people’s trust in technology, Fujitsu boss tells Horizon Post Office inquiry – as it happened

Paul Patterson, CEO of Fujitsu Europe, also says editing of witness statements used to prosecute post office operators was ‘shameful’

International Business Times

Tata Steel To Cut 3,000 Jobs In Wales: Source

Indian-owned Tata Steel is to cut about 3,000 jobs at a plant in Wales, a source said Thursday, as the industry struggles to finance greener production of the metal.

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel to shut down Port Talbot blast furnaces, putting 3,000 jobs at risk

Firm rejects union plan, leaving UK on course to become only major economy unable to make steel from scratch

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel to confirm shutdown of Port Talbot blast furnaces, sources claim

Move by Tata could put thousands of jobs in south Wales at risk and end more than a century of steelmaking

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