British Steel considers offers of help to keep Scunthorpe furnaces running
Sunday, 13 April 2025 () Firm needs to obtain key materials and business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needs in time UK politics live – latest updates British Steel is considering emergency measures to secure raw materials to keep blast furnaces running at Scunthorpe, after the business secretary…
The government and British Steel are working to secure the raw materials needed to keep two blast furnaces on, in a race against time to avoid a permanent shutdown of Britain's last primary steelmaking plant. Treasury minister James Murray said the government is doing "everything we can" to keep the...
Jonathan Reynolds says he is “delighted” vital raw materials have arrived to keep the blast furnaces operating at British Steel’s plant in Scunthorpe. Speaking at nearby Immingham Port, the..
Raw materials secured by the Government have arrived in the UK to keep British Steel blast furnaces burning after a race to save the company’s Scunthorpe plant. Ministers have taken control of the..
Scunthorpe, an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, is home to the last steel plant in the UK to produce virgin steel used in construction and rail transport. The plant has long been struggling,..
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