Lead or Rumour info - Port Talbot Steelworks - blast furnaces to close

[GRONK]

Just spotted this in the Guardian, one to keep an eye on, I guess it was inevitable but a real shame about the 3k job losses.

‘Devastating’: Port Talbot steelworks to shut blast furnaces and shed up to 2,800 jobs

Tata confirms shutdown and unions threaten strikes at the plant amid fury in south Wales community

www.theguardian.com

 

[mookster]

This is going to be fought heavily, I can only assume.

 

[Lenston]

Its the end for sure, its been coming for years, no fighting it this time unfortunately.

 

[Terminal Decline]

Although it may be pretty hard to miss, what's the point of sticking stuff like this in public?

 

[GRONK]

Although it may be pretty hard to miss, what's the point of sticking stuff like this in public?

Because it's all over BBC and Sky news

 

[mookster]

Its the end for sure, its been coming for years, no fighting it this time unfortunately.

It's not exactly 'closing' completely though, true the blast furnaces are shutting down and many people will be impacted but the wider works is still going to continue, just with a greener and more autonomous set of electric arc furnaces instead requiring a lesser workforce.

Also there is absolutely zero point in this being put in NP seeing as it's headline news across everywhere in the country at the moment, even the stupidest of social media clout chasing explorers isn't going to miss this news.

 

[Terminal Decline]

Because it's all over BBC and Sky news

So, there's a million other stories of random shit on there. Most of the time it's made out that the site is just transitioning from one type of furnace to another, rather than a near full scale closure. In all likelihood, anyone who hasn't seen this coming for the past six months is a waste of space on this forum and feeding the increasing proliferation of scum from your hands seems a little silly.

 

[Lenston]

It's not exactly 'closing' completely though, true the blast furnaces are shutting down and many people will be impacted but the wider works is still going to continue, just with a greener and more autonomous set of electric arc furnaces instead requiring a lesser workforce.

Also there is absolutely zero point in this being put in NP seeing as it's headline news across everywhere in the country at the moment, even the stupidest of social media clout chasing explorers isn't going to miss this news.

I work right next to it, most people here don't believe the greener furnaces will ever happen. All a front just to completely close the site. How true that is we will find out.

 

[stranton]

Although it may be pretty hard to miss, what's the point of sticking stuff like this in public?

So, there's a million other stories of random shit on there. Most of the time it's made out that the site is just transitioning from one type of furnace to another, rather than a near full scale closure. In all likelihood, anyone who hasn't seen this coming for the past six months is a waste of space on this forum and feeding the increasing proliferation of scum from your hands seems a little silly.

well transfer to non public then?

 

[mookster]

I work right next to it, most people here don't believe the greener furnaces will ever happen. All a front just to completely close the site. How true that is we will find out.

Yeah I guess time will tell, it does speak volumes that Tata completely dismissed the proposals by the union for a transition to the electric arc furnaces whilst keeping no.4 operational until 2032. I can't see the workers or union going down without a fight though.