Ironmaking could be on the edge of a major upgrade. Scientists have developed a cleaner, electrochemical method to extract ...

British Steel staff and civil servants race to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces on - Officials from the Department for Business ...

Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern world, and there’s growing demand for iron-derived ...

British Steel staff launch race to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces on - Dozens of businesses have rallied to help British ...

Traditionally, blast furnaces transform iron ore into purified elemental metal, but the process requires a lot of energy and emits air pollution. Now, researchers report that they've developed a ...

London says it acted to prevent the plant’s Chinese owners from closing the plant, threatening jobs and national security.

Cleveland-Cliffs completed several major projects in Northwest Indiana last year, according to the company's newly released ...

University of Oregon chemists are bringing a greener way to make iron metal for steel production closer to reality, a step ...

BRITAIN’S last blast furnaces are in line to be nationalised ... Unions also revealed Jingye has cancelled orders for iron ore and coal, meaning the furnaces could shut in May.

LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - Britain moved to take control of British Steel and keep its blast furnaces open on Saturday ... so-called virgin steel from iron ore, coke and other inputs.

Coking coal is a source of fuel in the blast furnace process used to make virgin steel, which is made from iron ore rather than recycled steel. Jingye has said the furnaces are "no longer ...