Race to keep blast furnaces on at Scunthorpe steel plant
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Race to keep blast furnaces on at Scunthorpe steel plant
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 furnaces burning at British Steel's Scunthorpe site.
Report by Kennedyl.
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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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