Concern is mounting that Tata Steel will confirm plans to shut down much of its production at the Port Talbot steelworks during a crunch meeting with trade unions, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
Three sources said they believed that Tata Steel Europe, owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata, was on the brink of confirming plans to close Port Talbot’s two blast furnaces, ending more than a century of making steel from scratch in south Wales.
