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Slag from the steel industry could help save some of Wales' most rare plants, according to an ecologist.

The material, regarded as waste, has been described as a potential "game-changer" when it comes to boosting biodiversity.

Barry Stewart, an ecologist from Swansea, has observed how slag heaps have self-seeded with plants which are on the edge of extinction in Wales.

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