Tata Steel 'hellbent' on building Port Talbot's green future

Tata Steel 'hellbent' on building Port Talbot's green future

A year after the blast furnaces were switched off, work on a new electric arc furnace is under way.

Port Talbot, one year on: steelworks closure shows why public is losing trust in net zero

The rolling mills are still working, but the furnaces are long cold. Of the 4,000 people previously employed at the steel mill in Port Talbot, Wales, only half still work there. Despite union protests and local rallies, one year ago on September 30 2024, the plant’s last coal-burning blast furnace was shut down. This ended more than a century of steelmaking in the UK’s biggest plant – one of the largest in Europe. The owner, Tata Steel, blamed h…