The Welsh First Minister will visit India next week to push for Tata Steel to “look again” at its plans to shut blast furnaces which could cost thousands of jobs. Last week, Tata Steel confirmed it is shutting its furnaces in South Wales after rejecting a last-minute union plea to change its plans. Vaughan Gething, the leader of the Welsh Labour government, has announced his intention to visit Mumbai to ask the company to reconsider the future of steel production in Wales. Following seven months of discussions with unions, Tata revealed last Thursday it is proceeding with its £1.25 billion investment in an electric arc furnace on the Port Talbot site and will close the two blast furnaces by the end of June and end of September respectively. The move is expected to see 2,800 jobs lost, the majority at its site in Port Talbot. While unions and politicians have criticised the decision, Tata has said it is planning the biggest investment in the steel industry for decades, safeguarding the industry and preserving 5,000 jobs. Speaking in the Senedd on Tuesday, Mr Gething said: “Next week, I plan to go to Mumbai to meet Tata to press the case again...