The UK's biggest steelworks has shut down production 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 - was fully closed down this afternoon, with the last steel expected to be made late on Monday evening.

Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant ceases legacy steelmaking operations, transitioning to greener Electric Arc Furnace technology with a GBP 1.25 billion government-backed investment. This shift includes extensive redundancies but aims to secure over 5,

Britain's biggest steelworks will end production later on Monday, when the final blast furnace at Port Talbot in Wales will close after more than 100 years of steelmaking, at a cost of almost 3,000 jobs.

Tata Steel has stopped steel production at Port Talbot in the UK, closing the blast furnace and related plants. The company plans to invest £1.25 billion in an electric arc furnace, with government support.

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The UK's largest steelworks in Port Talbot, South Wales is ceasing production after over 100 years, resulting in thousands of job losses. Tata Steel's Blast Furnace 4, the last operational furnace, will fully shut down by 5pm on 30 September.