In an email sent to staff, Tata UK’s chief executive admitted it would be a “difficult day” of “great emotion and reflection”.
Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales.
The UK’s biggest steelworks will cease production today after more than 100 years, leading to thousands of job losses across South Wales.
Blast Furnace 4 – the final furnace operating at Tata Steel’s plant in Port Talbot – will be fully shut down at about 5pm, with the last steel made late on Monday evening.The process of winding down iron and steelmaking operations began at the end of last week, bringing about the end of primary steelmaking from raw materials in Port Talbot and the eventual loss of thousands of jobs.
The steel giant announced plans to close its blast furnaces and build an electric arc furnace at the beginning of the year, moving to a greener way of making steel.
