NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare. See at time-lapse of ...

British Steel has announced that it will keep its two Scunthorpe blast furnaces running and end consultation on redundancies after the UK Government took control of the business earlier this month ...

Relieved steelworkers at Britain’s last blast furnaces have had the threat of redundancy removed following the government’s dramatic takeover 10 days ago. British Steel this evening confirmed ...

The UK government passed a law allowing it to take control of British Steel to prevent the closure of blast furnaces and ensure continued steel production. The intervention followed plans by ...

Sunspot 3912 erupted with an X2-class solar flare.NOAA's GOES-R satellite captures footage of the blast in multiple ...

An emergency bill to save British Steel's Scunthorpe blast furnaces became law after MPs were recalled to the House of Commons for an urgent debate on 12 April. It meant the steel plant in ...

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks before its two blast furnaces closed (Ben Birchall/PA) Labour have let down former workers from Tata Steel’s plant in Port Talbot, an MP has claimed ...

The plant’s final two blast furnaces were shut amid claims they were losing money – one in July and another after the general election in September. The departments also said they had no ...

In March, Chinese firm Jingye, which bought British Steel in 2020, proposed to close Scunthorpe’s two blast furnaces. As a result, it launched a consultation which it said was due to affect between ...