Steelworks model needs work in Scunthorpe
Comments Off on Steelworks model needs work in ScunthorpeThe model, made by an employee at Clugston in the 60s, needs bringing back to life
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Bikers to hop to children’s ward with Easter eggs
Comments Off on Bikers to hop to children’s ward with Easter eggsYoungsters at Scunthorpe General Hospital will receive their goodies from the Scunny Bikers.
Scunthorpe steelmaking has a bright future – Reeves
Comments Off on Scunthorpe steelmaking has a bright future – ReevesThe chancellor expresses her confidence in the steelworks during a visit to the town.
Cheaper energy, more cash and a bit of scrap: how to save British Steel
Comments Off on Cheaper energy, more cash and a bit of scrap: how to save British SteelUK politicians and industry have options if they want steel to make money while minimising emissions
The government has taken control of British Steel, so averting the closure within days of the UK’s last two blast furnaces. However, the takeover leaves a big question: what next?
Steep losses at British Steel prompted its Chinese owner, Jingye, to decide last month to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, which would end the production of “virgin” steel in the UK. The government stepped in with emergency legislation, passed in a single day last Saturday, to prevent that.
Driver drank nine pints before crashing van
Comments Off on Driver drank nine pints before crashing vanOne of Thomas Doran’s passengers suffered “extensive” head injuries in the crash near Scunthorpe.
British Steel secures supplies to keep furnaces burning
Comments Off on British Steel secures supplies to keep furnaces burningThe government says the Scunthorpe plant will receive raw materials from the US and Australia.
Raw materials needed for British Steel plant 'paid for' amid race against time to avert shutdown
Comments Off on Raw materials needed for British Steel plant 'paid for' amid race against time to avert shutdown
british steel raw materials needed for scunthorpe plant paid for amid race against time to avert shutdown
British Steel to get supplies to keep furnaces burning
Comments Off on British Steel to get supplies to keep furnaces burningThe government says the Scunthorpe plant will receive raw materials from the US and Australia.
Scunthorpe steelworks: why can’t you just turn a blast furnace off and what is a salamander tap?
Comments Off on Scunthorpe steelworks: why can’t you just turn a blast furnace off and what is a salamander tap?From coking coal to the ‘four queens’, here’s what you need to know about workings of UK’s last two blast furnaces
British Steel is scrambling to find enough raw materials to keep steel production going at Scunthorpe, after the government took control of the plant on Saturday.
If the materials do not arrive in time then the end of production at at least one of the steelworks’ two blast furnaces could come within days.
British Steel to deploy emergency measures to save Scunthorpe furnaces
Comments Off on British Steel to deploy emergency measures to save Scunthorpe furnacesFirm in race against time to get key materials as business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needs
British 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.