Port Talbot: First of two blast furnaces shuts down
Source: BBC
3 hours agoBy Huw Thomas, Business Correspondent, Huw ThomasConstruction Photography/AvalonThe last molten iron will be tapped from Blast Furnace 5 this weekLoud noises and large plumes of steam will be visible above the Port Talbot steelworks as one of its historic furnaces is closed down by Friday.Blast Furnace 5 (BF5) had been operating since 1959, but will shut as part of Tata Steel UK’s restructure.Port…
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