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Race to keep furnaces burning at British Steel plant
Officials are working to deliver essential raw materials to British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, the government has said, as it races to keep its blast furnaces burning. An emergency law rushed through Parliament on Saturday gave the government control of the Lincolnshire site to prevent its Chinese owner shutting it down. The government said work was…
Reynolds refuses to say if British Steel furnaces can keep running
The business secretary has refused to confirm if the government can get the sufficient raw material supplies in time to keep the blast furnaces at British Steel running, after it took control of the Chinese-owned plant. Emergency legislation was rushed through Parliament on Saturday to prevent owners Jingye shutting down its two blast furnaces in…