Early blast furnace closures at Scunthorpe 's steelworks are "far from a done deal", a Government minister has said. The company has announced it is consulting its workforce and trade unions on ...

Blast furnaces are the heart of the steel industry, transforming raw materials into molten iron, which is then converted into steel. This process ...

This includes possibly reversing Jingye’s decision to take one of the blast furnaces temporarily offline as early as Monday ...

The first is closing Scunthorpe’s operating blast furnaces, steelmaking operations and rod mill by early June. The two other options include either closing the blast furnaces and steelmaking ...

Business minister Sarah Jones added early blast furnace closures at the north Lincolnshire site are “far from a done deal” and further talks are planned this week with British Steel’s Chinese owner ...

It is investing 500 million pounds into Tata Steel in Port Talbot, Wales, to build a new electric arc furnace due to open in late 2027 or early 2028. Blast furnace closures there resulted in about ...

Raw materials needed to keep Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces going – including a ... would only last until early May. There was chance to ‘buy’ another fortnight using a ‘Salamander tap ...

The government is confident it can secure the raw materials needed to keep blast furnaces going after ... to shut down one of the two working furnaces as early as Monday. Sir Keir's spokesman ...