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Wales was once the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution. By the 1820s, it was responsible for 40 per cent of Britain’s iron exports.

Companies have sent a letter to the business secretary complaining that new rules were imposed with only 24 hours’ notice.

Jingye, the Chinese company that bought British Steel out of receivership in 2020, rejected a £500 million offer of public money as talks with the government broke down.

Tata is consulting on plans to shut down blast furnaces at Port Talbot with the loss of around 2,800 jobs as it switches to a more environmentally friendly way of producing steel

Tata last month rejected proposals from unions that would have secured jobs while still transitioning to more environmentally friendly ways of producing steel

'Steelworkers will march on Friday against plans that would cost 2,500 jobs - its time to fight for the future of Port Talbot - we need serious investment to decarbonise and rebuild after decades of under-investment'

The company is planning to shut down blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, south Wales, and switch to a more environmentally friendly way of producing steel

Tata Steels proposals were branded the 'bargain basement option' as bosses were hauled before MPs to defend plans to shut blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales

Politicians and union leaders will also appear before the Welsh Affairs committee

The PM was asked by Labour MP Sarah Champion in the Commons to back an alternative plan for the town’s steelworks that would save all 8,000 at the plant while still transitioning to low carbon steelmaking

Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds claimed he was "begging" the Government not to make an irreversible decision on Wales's steel industry as he called for further action to prevent the loss of thousands of jobs in Port Talbot

Trade union members gathered in Westminster after thousands of jobs were put at risk at the Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant in South Wales, where two blast furnaces will be closed

While paying out £1.4billion in dividends, steel giant Tata took £500m from UK taxpayers to build a new arc furnace that won't make up for the 2800 jobs it culled last week

A top-earning boss at steel giant Tata is believed to have taken £1.6million in pay last year - even as the company plans to cut thousands of jobs at Port Talbot blast furnaces

Unions have accused the Tories of lavishing vast sums of cash on the site’s owners Tata Steel only for it to go ahead and scrap nearly 3,000 staff - despite a major drive to save the posts

The announcement by Tata Steel has been branded a "crushing blow" for UK manufacturing after it announced it was closing its blast furnaces at Port Talbot in Wales

Tata Steel is understood to have rejected plans drawn up by trade unions aimed at saving thousands of jobs, instead pressing ahead with closing blast furnaces in Port Talbot

There have been fears of heavy job losses, especially at the plant in Port Talbot, South Wales, under moves to move to a greener form of steelmaking to cut emissions and stem financial losses

Trade body UK Steel has published a major report calling for millions of tonnes of scrap steel to stay in the UK where it can be used boost the fight against climate change

The gulf between what French and German steel manufacturers pay compared with the costs faced by UK steel companies has been laid bare in a study by the industry's trade body

A Conservative MP who is vice-chairwoman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel has raised fears of how Britain could be left relying on foreign firms for the metal it needs

Business Minister Nusrat Ghani was hauled to Parliament for a grilling over plans to shut blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, which comes weeks after Tata announced a similar move at Port Talbot

The Indian giant had been due to make an announcement after a board meeting in Mumbai today, but it decided to delay revealing its redundancy plans for the South Wales site

The Labour leader spoke to the Mirror after visiting the UK's biggest steelworks, Tata's plant at Port Talbot, South Wales, where 3,000 posts are under threat