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Gloom in Port Talbot as steel town's last blast furnace closes
As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales.
After years of heavy losses its Indian owner, Tata, shut blast furnace 5 in July, and eventually announced the last furnace would close at the end of September. An estimated 1,900 jobs will be lost in the coming months.
Plumes of steam come out of blast furnace number four in Port Talbot. Monday 30 September 2024
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Gloom in Port Talbot as steel town's last blast furnace closes
As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales.
After years of heavy losses its Indian owner, Tata, shut blast furnace 5 in July, and eventually announced the last furnace would close at the end of September. An estimated 1,900 jobs will be lost in the coming months.
Plumes of steam come out of blast furnace number four in Port Talbot. Monday 30 September 2024
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Gloom in Port Talbot as steel town's last blast furnace closes
As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales.
After years of heavy losses its Indian owner, Tata, shut blast furnace 5 in July, and eventually announced the last furnace would close at the end of September. An estimated 1,900 jobs will be lost in the coming months.
The Tata Steel Works blast furnaces as seen from Dyffryn Road, Port Talbot. Monday 30 September 2024
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Gloom in Port Talbot as steel town's last blast furnace closes
As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales.
After years of heavy losses its Indian owner, Tata, shut blast furnace 5 in July, and eventually announced the last furnace would close at the end of September. An estimated 1,900 jobs will be lost in the coming months.
Blast furnace four, in Port Talbot. Monday 30 September 2024
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Gloom in Port Talbot as steel town's last blast furnace closes
As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales.
After years of heavy losses its Indian owner, Tata, shut blast furnace 5 in July, and eventually announced the last furnace would close at the end of September. An estimated 1,900 jobs will be lost in the coming months.
Blast furnace four, in Port Talbot. Monday 30 September 2024
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Gloom in Port Talbot as steel town's last blast furnace closes
As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales.
After years of heavy losses its Indian owner, Tata, shut blast furnace 5 in July, and eventually announced the last furnace would close at the end of September. An estimated 1,900 jobs will be lost in the coming months.
Alun Davies, National Officer of the Community Union with blast furnace four in the background, in Port Talbot. Monday 30 September 2024
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Steve Barnes co owner of The Lucky Tuppence Sweet Shop in Scunthorpe City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Scunthorpe City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Holly Mumby-Croft MP for Scunthorpe and the Surrounding villages (conservative) outside the British Steel plant.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Holly Mumby-Croft MP for Scunthorpe and the Surrounding villages (conservative) outside the British Steel plant.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Holly Mumby-Croft MP for Scunthorpe and the Surrounding villages (conservative) outside the British Steel plant.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Union offices on the British Steel plant Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
Rollers from the Heavy plant taken out of the plant 20 years ago.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
Rollers from the Heavy plant taken out of the plant 20 years ago.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Union offices on the British Steel plant Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Union offices on the British Steel plant Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
A section of high grade railway track in Paul McBean office. (Community Union rep for British Steel Workers).
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
A section of high grade railway track in Paul McBean office. (Community Union rep for British Steel Workers).
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Paul McBean, Community Union Rep for the British steel workers in his office on the british steel site, Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Paul McBean, Community Union Rep for the British steel workers in his office on the british steel site, Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Paul McBean, Community Union Rep for the British steel workers in his office on the british steel site, Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
A note in Paul McBean's office (Community Union rep for the British Steel workers) indicating the items British Steel management were to complete.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Poster in a cafe in Scunthrope City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Charlotte Bumpton-Childs, National Officer for Steel, GMB Union.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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(111017) -- TEHRAN, Oct. 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker is seen in the Isfahan's Mobarakeh Steel Company, the largest industrial complex in Iran, in Mobarake city of Isfahan Province, Iran, Oct. 17, 2011. Chairman of the company Mohammad Masoud Samieinejad said on Monday that the production and business of the company has not been affected by sanctions imposed on Iran. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)
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(111017) -- TEHRAN, Oct. 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker is seen in the Isfahan's Mobarakeh Steel Company, the largest industrial complex in Iran, in Mobarake city of Isfahan Province, Iran, Oct. 17, 2011. Chairman of the company Mohammad Masoud Samieinejad said on Monday that the production and business of the company has not been affected by sanctions imposed on Iran. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)
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(111017) -- TEHRAN, Oct. 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker is seen in the Isfahan's Mobarakeh Steel Company, the largest industrial complex in Iran, in Mobarake city of Isfahan Province, Iran, Oct. 17, 2011. Chairman of the company Mohammad Masoud Samieinejad said on Monday that the production and business of the company has not been affected by sanctions imposed on Iran. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)
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(111017) -- TEHRAN, Oct. 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker is seen in the Isfahan's Mobarakeh Steel Company, the largest industrial complex in Iran, in Mobarake city of Isfahan Province, Iran, Oct. 17, 2011. Chairman of the company Mohammad Masoud Samieinejad said on Monday that the production and business of the company has not been affected by sanctions imposed on Iran. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)
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ZaporozhStal Steelworks, Zaporozhje, Ukraine - 2005
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ZaporozhStal Steelworks, Zaporozhje, Ukraine - 2005
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ZaporozhStal Steelworks, Zaporozhje, Ukraine - 2005
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ZaporozhStal Steelworks, Zaporozhje, Ukraine - 2005
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Steve Barnes co owner of The Lucky Tuppence Sweet Shop in Scunthorpe City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The Lucky Tuppence Sweet Shop in Scunthorpe City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Scunthorpe City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Gloom in Port Talbot as steel town's last blast furnace closes
As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales.
After years of heavy losses its Indian owner, Tata, shut blast furnace 5 in July, and eventually announced the last furnace would close at the end of September. An estimated 1,900 jobs will be lost in the coming months.
Alun Davies, National Officer of the Community Union with blast furnace four (R) in the background, in Port Talbot. Monday 30 September 2024
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
The Lucky Tuppence Sweet Shop in Scunthorpe City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Food stall in Scunthorpe City Centre.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
A couple eating lunch in Sarah's cafe Scunthrope.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces
As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry.
British Steel's plans to axe more than 2,000 jobs in Scunthorpe, out of a workforce of about 3,800, in a shift to greener technology.
The steel industry must decarbonise if the UK is to hit its target of net zero additions of carbon to the atmosphere by 2050. Scunthorpe's sister plant, the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, is the UK's biggest single emitter, producing 5.7m tonnes of carbon last year, while the north Lincolnshire site is the third biggest, producing 4m tonnes, or about 1% of the UK's annual total, according to government data.
Last week, Chinese-owned British Steel announced it planned to close Scunthorpe's blast furnaces in favour of electric arc furnaces, which it hopes to build by late 2025.
Tata Steel, Port Talbot's Indian owner, is considering a similar plan to close its two furnaces as soon as March, with 3,000 job losses.
Holly Mumby-Croft MP for Scunthorpe and the Surrounding villages (conservative) outside the British Steel plant.
British Steel have announced that their Coal powered Furnaces will be closed and replaced by Electirc Arch Furnaces by 2015 in order to transition to a greener production of steel. Electric Arch furnaces will require fewer workers and at present cannot produce high grade steel. Scunthorpe
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