Britain’s leading steel producer Tata Steel UK, subsidiary of India-based Tata Steel, plans to shut down its two blast furnaces at its steelworks at Port Talbot in South Wales and replace them with electric arc furnaces (EAF) to achieve its greensteel strategy by 2050, according to media reports. However, workers’ unions are concerned that the switch could lead to mass job losses at the steelworks which account for nearly half of the employment in Port Talbot which employ about 3,500 people.据/h2>
“我们正在积极讨论英国政府对我们英国业务的几个选择,包括潜在的合作和政府参与,为未来创造可持续的脱碳足迹。在这个阶段没有做出决定,“塔塔钢铁欧洲的发言人表示,其英国业务面临着冠状病毒大流行引起的结构挑战。据/p>
工人的工会寻求塔塔钢铁的紧急澄清。“钢铁生产占塔尔博特港的一半,该计划将摧毁城镇和社区。如有必要,我们将准备努力保护我们的成员的生计和我们行业的未来,“钢铁工会联盟发言人表示。据/p>