Port Talbot steelworks calls for decarbonisation package to help it avoid risk of closure

Cecilia Keating
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The Port Talbot plant, photographed from the Aberavon beach | Credit: iStock
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The Port Talbot plant, photographed from the Aberavon beach | Credit: iStock

Tata Group chairman tells Financial Times it needs financial support to enable transition to greener production methods

Tata Group has threatened to shut down operations at the Port Talbot plant, one of the UK's two large steelwork facilities, if the government does not provide it with up to £1.5bn of financial support...

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