If the two blast furnaces in Scunthorpe were turned off, the U.K. would unlikely restart virgin steel production due to its prohibitively high cost. The drama over British Steel has spurred a ...

The future of Britain's last major steel plant is uncertain, with financial struggles, environmental issues, and market challenges threatening its operations. UK Supreme Court to issue landmark ...

Labour has expressed confidence that enough raw materials can be secured to keep British Steel’s blast furnaces running after the government seized operational control from its Chinese owners.

Former steel plant worker Bill Penn says that to turn the furnace off, you need to almost work through the steps we just discussed backwards. Start by draining the iron and slag from the tap hole ...

The UK government is racing against time to keep the blast furnaces running at a British Steel plant they have now taken control of - Copyright AFP Darren Staples The ...

He added the government is "confident in securing the supply of materials needed" to keep running the two blast furnaces at the plant -- the last in the UK which makes steel from scratch.

MANILA, Philippines — Amid the threat of the “Big One,” the Marcos administration should ban the induction furnace (IF) process in steel manufacturing as this results in substandard products ...

He said that the chamber’s sources indicate that a ‘salamander tap ... steel, and thousands of employees are in a consultation process about their futures”. The Scunthorpe blast furnaces ...

British Steel is initiating consultations to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe after negotiations with the UK government regarding financial aid for a transition to electric arc furnaces fell ...

Steelmaker British Steel said it could close its two blast furnaces as soon as June with the potential loss of up to 2,700 jobs. U.S. tariffs and environmental costs threaten its already ...

Chinese-owned British Steel confirmed Thursday plans to shut blast furnaces and other operations in England, saying US President Donald Trump's tariffs on the sector were partly to blame for a ...