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.