‘Hypocrisy’: Tata builds vast India furnace despite Port Talbot emissions claims
Owner says shutting Welsh blast furnaces will cut emissions, but it is opening a new one in India
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/24/unions-accuse-tata-of-hypocrisy-over-port-talbot-closure-green-claims
In announcing the redundancies last week, the company said that the overhaul would “secure most of Tata Steel UK’s existing product capability and maintain the country’s self-sufficiency in steelmaking, while also reducing Tata Steel UK’s CO2 emissions by 5 million tonnes per year and overall UK country emissions by about 1.5%”.
However, the project at Kalinganagar could increase the company’s overall global emissions. It will be among the largest blast furnaces in the world, with a 5,870 cubic metre capacity, and is due to be completed this year.
I had relations who worked at Port Talbot, not sure if any distant ones do now, if so for not much longer. Many saw it as a better bet than the Mines.