end of steel

The closure of the blast furnaces and the rest of the heavy end of steel production in Port Talbot led to around 2,500 job losses in south Wales, with a further 300 to come in future.

One is the end of steel, which provides two-fifths of revenues.

Terry Frank, a former steelworker in his 50s who has not worked since the steelworks closed, says the bell was tolling for the end of steel, but they thought the government might intervene like in other countries.

The closure of the coke ovens and blast furnace saw the end of steel production at the 98-year-old Redcar works.

There are also warnings that the end of steel production in Port Talbot would severely undermine Britain's defence capability and its status as a leading military power.