HUNDREDS of south Wales steelworkers will take to the streets for a series of rallies in support of the industry on Saturday.

The public rally will start at the Civic Centre Square in Port Talbot with addresses by local politicians and union representatives from Unite, GMB and Community.

Tata Steel UK confirmed it would be shutting down two of Port Talbot works’ blast furnaces with a loss of 2,800 jobs last month, having secured a £500 million government bung for its £1.25 billion four-year plan to build electric arc furnaces (EAFs).