Tata Steel: Port Talbot blast furnaces to close with 3,000 expected job losses

that area was already deprived before the layoffs. these layoffs are going to be devastating to the local communities

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Tata Steel is to push ahead with plans to close both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot with the expected loss of 3,000 jobs UK-wide, the BBC understands.

Tata Steel's decision - set to be formally announced at 11:30 GMT Friday - follows a meeting between company executives and the Community, GMB and Unite unions.

The rejection of the union's plan, and a decision to press ahead with the sudden closure of the blast furnaces, represents the worst-case scenario for the workforce and the community which depends on Tata Steel.

Sources said Tata accepted a union plea to keep the hot strip mill open over a transition period, supporting hundreds more jobs.

"Large scale job losses would be a crushing blow to Port Talbot and UK manufacturing in general," said GMB boss Charlotte Brumpton-Childs.

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