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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jack Simpson

Owner of Port Talbot steelworks offers fresh talks as furnaces face closure

Smoke and steam rises from the Port Talbot steelworks
Unite has said it will start an indefinite strike on 8 July to defend the 2,800 jobs that would be lost. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The owner of the Port Talbot steelworks has written to trade unions offering fresh talks amid a battle to delay plans to cut 2,800 jobs and suspend production at a site that has been in operation since 1951.

The Guardian understands that a letter sent on Sunday afternoon by Rajesh Nair, the UK boss of Tata Steel, has offered a new round of discussions about future investments at the company’s plants in the UK, including Port Talbot.

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