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The firm is set to announce the Scunthorpe blast furnaces will shut, affecting up to 2,000 jobs.
(Permalink) Appleby-Frodingham Immingham Iron works Jingye Group Scunthorpe Steelworks Steel works Scunthorpe Steel Works: Appleby Frodingham ('Scunthorpe') Works from the east with the Foreign Ore Junction to Foreign Ore Terminal line in the foreground. Scunthorpe Steel Works: Locomotive 75, a Hunslet Bo-Bo, with a torpedo wagon within the Appleby-Frodingham works in 2014. The locomotive is near the southernmost of the blast furnaces. The photograph was taken on a tour of t ... Scunthorpe Steel Works: A small part of the extensive Appleby Frodingham Steelworks by Scunthorpe. Part of the Caparo works is visible to the left and beyond are two of the blast furnaces. View looks east. |
The site dominates the local landscape and still has an imposing presence in the Welsh economy. Although with only a fifth of the number working there than in its heyday, the plant still dominates the local skyline and remains one of Wales' biggest employers. At the heart of Tata Steel's UK operations, there have been renewed fears that a decision is imminent on ending blast furnace operations at the works, which could hit thousands of jobs.
(Permalink) Abbey Works Iron works Port Talbot Steelworks Steel works Port Talbot Steel Works: The full height of blast furnace no 5 seen in 2016. Port Talbot Steel Works: General view from no 5 blast furnace and empty torpedos for no 4 blast furnace being shunted. Port Talbot Steel Works: Torpedo 43 containing 300T of molten Iron waiting to be poured in the BOS Plant. |