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The past, present and uncertain future of the UK’s steel industry

The last few years have been troubling for the British steel industry. High energy costs, a wave of cheap Chinese imports, plant closures, the COVID pandemic and financial struggles have all taken their toll.

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Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces

As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs?

The Guardian - UK

UK will press for job promises in return for Port Talbot investment

New business secretary Jonathan Reynolds confirms that negotiations with owner Tata Steel are continuing

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Thames, Tata, Shein – it won’t be business as usual for Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds

The new business secretary will have big calls to make within a few days of sitting down at his desk

The Guardian - UK

British electricity prices could hinder switch to green technology, says steel industry

UK Steel says British firms paid prices in spring well over double French and Spanish equivalents

The Guardian - UK

Tata cancels early closure of Port Talbot furnaces after Unite calls off strike

Steelworks owner says withdrawal of threat of industrial action means it can continue to operate one furnace safely

The Guardian - UK

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’

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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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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'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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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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.

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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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?

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‘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

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.

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