14 h. ago Government finally funds blast furnace raw materials after takeover

Ministers have agreed payment to fund coal and iron ore deliveries to keep Britain's last blast furnaces running 48 hours after taking control of the site from its Chinese owners in Parliamentary vote.

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16 h. ago UK government says raw materials on way to British Steel furnaces

China warns against politicising crisis at Scunthorpe plant after ministers step in to take control

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18 h. ago China warns on 'discrimination' against firm that owns British Steel as No10 says it is 'confident' raw materials can be secured to save Scunthorpe plant

Beijing urged the UK not to 'politicise' the situation amid a desperate scramble to keep furnaces running at the Scunthorpe plant.

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18 h. ago Keir Starmer makes British Steel prediction and responds to 'deliberate sabotage' claim

No10 has said it is 'confident' that vital materials will arrive on time to save two furnaces at the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe in a race against time to keep it open

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20 h. ago Labour confident it can keep British Steel furnaces burning after taking control

British Steel is in a race to secure raw materials for its blast furnace and keep operations going

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23 h. ago Could British Steel's furnaces go out because Labour can't move coal 25 miles? Ministers refuse to guarantee Scunthorpe plant will be saved with crucial shipment still at dock

Treasury minister James Murray confirmed that a shipment of coal needed to maintain operations is at docks in Lincolnshire.

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23 h. ago Race to save British Steel factory after Chinese firm’s ‘sabotage’

Dozens of businesses have rallied to help British Steel with offers of managerial support and raw materials

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24 h. ago Race to save British Steel factory after China firm’s ‘sabotage’

Dozens of businesses have rallied to help British Steel with offers of managerial support and raw materials

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31 h. ago British Steel staff launch race to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces on

Dozens of businesses have rallied to help British Steel with offers of managerial support and raw materials

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31 h. ago British Steel to deploy emergency measures to save Scunthorpe furnaces

Firm in race against time to get key materials as business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needsBritish Steel is to deploy emergency measures in a race against time to save the blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, as the business secretary refused to guarantee the plant could get what it needed in time.The company is understood to be looking at offers of help from more than a dozen businesses to obtain materials such as iron ore and coking coal, potentially allowing it to avoid the temporary shutdown of one of the two furnaces. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Business secretary refuses to say whether British Steel will get raw material before furnaces go out

Jonathan Reynolds has warned that crucial blast furnaces cannot be re-started once they go out

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40 h. ago More than a dozen businesses offer to help British Steel keep furnaces burning

If the blast furnaces at the Scunthorpe steelworks run out of raw materials, they can never be turned back on.

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44 h. ago Race against time to save British Steel plant as minister refuses to make guarantee

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds refused to guarantee vital raw materials will arrive on time to save the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, which employs around 2,700 people

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44 h. ago Reynolds unable to say British Steel will get raw materials in time

The Business Secretary faces a scramble to get enough raw materials to the Scunthorpe steelworks to stop the blast furnaces being turned off.

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