Concerns are growing that British Steel could run out of raw materials within days for its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe. The government is considering nationalising the company, which has said its ...

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 ...

LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it could keep the country's last steel blast furnaces burning for at least the next few weeks after securing a delivery of fuel - the latest ...

Once blast furnaces go out and cool they are impractical to restart. The government is being urged to 'get on with it' after it emerged the 55,000-ton delivery from Japan, which arrived on ...

The British government has offered to buy the coking coal for British Steel that is needed to keep the country’s last blast furnace facility open while it negotiates a deal with its Chinese owners.

A shipment of coal needed to save Scunthorpe's blast furnaces was still stuck on a boat last night – 24 hours after the Government took control of British Steel. Ministers were told to 'get on ...