Unions attack ‘year-long delay’ for Tata Steel furnace’s grid connection in south Wales

Tata Steel shut its blast furnaces in Port Talbot, south Wales, in September 2024, making 2,000 people redundant. Photograph: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images

Trade unions have called for the government to intervene to speed up Tata Steel’s connection to the electricity grid in south Wales, after the company said its new furnace would be delayed by up to a year.

Tata Steel last month told investors that National Grid had said it would face a six- to eight-month delay. That could stretch to 12 months amid unexpected engineering difficulties.