21 Oct 2021

Port Talbot Steelworks, South Wales, UK

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Number 4 blast furnace and surrounding works.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace – molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace – molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Charging the BOS vessel with molten pig iron (hot metal) from the blast furnace. A stage in the basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) process.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
BOS plant, British Steel, Port Talbot, Wales A basic oxygen furnace where oxygen is blown through molten pig iron heated to approximately 1,600℃ converting it into steel.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Interior view of steel rolling mill.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace No. 4.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast Furnace No. 4.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.

From the archive. Images showing Number 4 blast furnace and the steel rolling mill, Port Talbot.

In 2024 it was announced that the site was being closed down and the likelihood of significant job losses for the local community.

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