Blast furnaces to shut down in Port Talbot

[Son of Mathonwy]

Grim news for Port Talbot. The Tories' strategic shortsightedness will leave us unable to produce steel from iron ore (hope there isn't going to be a major war in our future).

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... bs-at-risk

Also another blow to the Ospreys' revenues

[Sandydragon]

Utterly tragic. Many of my family worked at either Llanwern or Orb; this sort of closure just rips the soul out of a town and has a huge impact on supporting businesses.

[fivepointer]

That £500M handout was money well spent then...