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Planning committee gives green light to Tata Steel's Port Talbot plans
Tata Steel in Port Talbot, as the last blast furnace at one of the biggest steelworks in the world shuts down, September 30, 2024

COUNCIL planners gave the green light yesterday to new production methods at Tata Steel in Port Talbot.

The steel giant welcomed Neath Port Talbot Council planning committee’s approval for its proposals for changes to steel-making at its biggest plant.

Tata Steel has closed both blast furnaces at the plant and is planning to switch to an electric arc furnace.

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