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Tata Steel to close Newport factory, putting 380 jobs at risk

Posted by Rob Davies on

Orb plant, in south Wales, is owned by European subsidiary of Indian conglomerate

The UK’s struggling steel industry suffered a fresh setback after Tata Steel announced the closure of a factory in Newport, south Wales, putting 380 jobs at risk.

The Orb Electrical Steels plant, owned by a European subsidiary of the Indian conglomerate Tata, is to shut after more than 120 years of steelmaking, beginning in 1898.

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