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Nippon Steel plans to invest $14 billion in U.S. Steel's operations including up to $4 billion in a new steel mill if the ...
More than 300 new homes are to be built on the site of Consett steelworks, which closed in 1980. It will cost about £9m to decontaminate the 20-acre site, which was home to one of the largest steel ...
Ex-steelworker John Fox and charity, Building Self-Belief have begun their campaign to raise enough money to commission a sculpture to represent the history of Consett’s steel industry ...
Consett grew as a thriving community around the steelworks after the Derwent Iron Company was formed in 1841, following the discovery of iron ore deposits. It did not start making steel until 1881 ...
But this immersive experience is something that is already a possibility at a country pub/restaurant/bed and breakfast on the outskirts of Consett, in County Durham. The Old Mill at Knitsley ...
Consett is a lovely place to live now, and this decision means it will stay that way." Pensioners Barry and Jackie Tupper were two of the people who had bought houses on part of the old steel ...