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Plaza Hub Opens “Steeling Ourselves” Exhibition After Blast-Furnace Shutdown

8/12/2026

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Two years after the 2024 blast-furnace shutdown, the Plaza hub opened the “Steeling Ourselves” exhibition.
The exhibition is part of the “After the End” project run by Exeter, Oxford and Liverpool John Moores universities.
Oxford professor of health ethics Patricia Kingori said the town’s dialogue foreshadows broader debates.
Tata Steel’s delayed electric-arc furnace will employ only a fraction of the nearly 3,000 jobs cut.

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Two years after the 2024 blast-furnace shutdown, the Plaza hub opened the “Steeling Ourselves” exhibition.
The exhibition is part of the “After the End” project run by Exeter, Oxford and Liverpool John Moores universities.
Oxford professor of health ethics Patricia Kingori said the town’s dialogue foreshadows broader debates.
Tata Steel’s delayed electric-arc furnace will employ only a fraction of the nearly 3,000 jobs cut.