Uncertainty over Port Talbot’s future ‘causing supply chain job losses’
Wales secretary says Tories should have prepared for workforce cuts resulting from switch to electric arc furnace
July 2024
Cumbria project will be ‘net zero’, coalmine firm tells high court
Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approved
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?
UK will press for job promises in return for Port Talbot investment
British electricity prices could hinder switch to green technology, says steel industry
Tata cancels early closure of Port Talbot furnaces after Unite calls off strike
June 2024
Owner of Port Talbot steelworks offers fresh talks as furnaces face closure
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Nigel Farage takes part in Question Time election special – as it happened
Labour urged to step in over Tata’s plans to close steelworks days after election
Tata to close Port Talbot plant early due to strike action
China-owned British Steel said to have requested £600m of taxpayer support
Steelworkers to strike over Tata’s plans to cut 2,800 jobs in south Wales
Who is fighting for the steelworkers in this election? The view from Port Talbot – video
Tata claims steelmaking in south Wales at risk if £500m subsidy is delayed
Union plans to escalate action over job losses at two steelworks in Wales
May 2024
New US rules aim to crack down on toxic air pollution by steelmakers
Rules target contaminants such as mercury, benzene and lead released by coke ovens used by facilities to burn coal
A trip down the mines: Midlands industry in the 1970s – in pictures
In 1977, Janine Wiedel set out in her VW campervan to photograph potteries, jewellers, coal mines and steel works. It became one of the most important photographic works of its generation
Tata steelworkers vote to take industrial action over job losses
Community union joins Unite in opting to act over plans that involve closure of Port Talbot blast furnaces
April 2024
Tata Steel rejects union plan to save jobs and keep Port Talbot furnace open
Government under pressure to set up green levy on UK imports