The long goodbye to blast furnace no. 4 is nearly over, as Port Talbot stands on the precipice of becoming a ‘steel town’ stripped of its ability to make its own ‘virgin’ steel.

The blast furnaces now belong to Port Talbot's past but the steel industry is no stranger to change and shifts in technology. So what could the future hold for this steelworks and the surrounding ...

Blast furnaces have been used at Port Talbot since the 1950s and steelmaking has been taking place at the site for 100 years. A blast furnace is a large industrial furnace that's used to extract ...

Port Talbot was the largest steelmaking plant in the UK until the two blast furnaces were switched off in September 2024, which saw the loss of 2,800 jobs as part of the transition to greener ...

Nigel Farage will call for Port Talbot’s blast furnaces to reopen after they were shut down last year as Reform UK sets its sights on the Welsh elections in 2026. On a visit to the South Wales ...

Nigel Farage will call for Port Talbot’s blast furnaces to reopen after they were shut down last year as Reform UK sets its sights on the Welsh elections in 2026.. On a visit to the South Wales ...

Nigel Farage will call for Port Talbot’s blast furnaces to reopen after they were shut down last year as Reform UK sets its sights on the Welsh elections in 2026. On a visit to the South Wales town, ...