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Article: Sun sets on 200 years of history and future looks bleak; STEEL: Wales's heavy industry has 10 years left, MP warns as Ebbw Vale makes final salute.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2002
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Byline: TONY TRAINOR
AS steelworkers march out of their factory for the last time today after two centuries of production the future looks bleak for the Welsh steel industry.
An MP is warning as the sun sets on the once mighty Ebbw Vale steelworks that the industry could be gone within a decade.
The closure of the site where the steel industry was founded comes just days after Corus raised pounds 343m by selling off its stake in stainless-steel group AvestaPolarit.
Confirmation that the Anglo-Dutch consortium Corus is in talks about a ...
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Article: Letter: Ebbw Vale's steel.(Letters)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);
July 6, 2002 ;
346 words
... ... perpetuate the good name of Ebbw Vale steelworks. Today, when ... into history, the name of Ebbw Vale steelworks which is now ... generations by the workforce at Ebbw Vale. As National Assembly Member for Blaenau Gwent, I thank all concerned ...
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