People stand in a residential street with Tata Steel Port Talbot steel production plant seen behind.
2024-04-30 807词 中等
Even at the time of that first push, the long decline of British steelmaking had begun (see chart). In 1970 Britain produced nearly 30m tonnes of steel, for everything from planes and cars to washing machines and food tins. It produces around 6m tonnes today; soon it will be less than four. That is mostly because demand for steel dried up as manufacturing moved abroad. British plants have also struggled to compete with foreign rivals. Only six facilities remain; Port Talbot is by far the biggest.
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