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Officials on site 'doing everything they can' to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces going before materials run out.
The Government has taken control of British Steel and are facing a race against time to get material such as coking coal and ...
Early blast furnace closures at Scunthorpe 's steelworks are "far from a done deal", a Government minister has said. The ...
Britain's government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running ...
British Steel plans to begin consultations on closing its Scunthorpe blast furnaces after failing to reach a financial ...
Beijing on Monday warned against "politicising" the rescue of Chinese-owned British Steel, as the UK government raced to ...
The deputy PM says "nothing is off the table" and would like to see private investment at the Scunthorpe plant.
Blast furnaces are difficult to restart once switched off, and failure to secure enough supplies to keep them running could seriously damage the plant. "If we hadn't acted, the blast furnaces were ...
Raw materials secured by the Government will be transported to British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant on Tuesday to keep its blast furnaces burning. The Government has taken control of British Steel ...