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

Concern is mounting that Tata Steel will confirm plans to shut down much of its production at the Port Talbot steelworks during a crunch meeting with trade unions, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

Three sources said they believed that Tata, owned by the Indian billionaire Ruia brothers, was on the brink of confirming plans to close Port Talbot’s two blast furnaces, ending more than a century of making steel from scratch in south Wales.