Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces
As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs?
June 2024
China-owned British Steel said to have requested £600m of taxpayer support
Company is looking for help from next government to upgrade to less polluting technology
April 2024
British Steel wins multimillion-pound contract for Egyptian rail project
Around 9,500 tonnes of track will be provided for north African country’s first fully electrified mainline
November 2023
British Steel to replace Scunthorpe furnaces, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk
Plant’s Chinese owner says £1.25bn scheme to switch to electric arc furnaces is contingent on £500m in government support
October 2023
British Steel owner preparing to cut as many as 2,000 jobs, report says
China’s Jingye Group said to be considering move as part of switch to using greener electric arc furnaces
July 2023
Welsh steelworks at breaking point over the cost of cleaning up its act
Time is running out in Port Talbot to decarbonise its operations: at stake is the supply chain for much of Britain’s construction and manufacturing sectors, along with thousands of jobs
February 2023
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London Underground drivers to strike on 15 March ; 260 jobs at risk at British Steel – as it happened
British Steel plans to close its coke ovens, a move that could result in 260 job losses at its Scunthorpe site in northern England
British Steel announces 260 job losses at Scunthorpe works
Firm’s owner says closure of coking ovens is down to global economic challenges and rising energy bills
British Steel considering cutting up to 1,200 jobs in Scunthorpe
Unions say move would be ‘betrayal’ amid talks with UK government over potential £300m in financial support
January 2023
British Steel and Tata told to protect jobs until 2033 to unlock £600m funding
Grant Shapps tells Britain’s two largest steelmakers they must guarantee certain number of UK jobs
UK offers £600m help to try to keep last steel plants going and save jobs
Jeremy Hunt expected to confirm support for British Steel and Tata to employ lower-emissions technology
Jeremy Hunt poised to approve £300m support package for British Steel
Grant would help steelmaker cut its carbon footprint and avoid thousands of jobs losses
November 2022
FCA reveals £49m redress scheme for British Steel pensions
Financial advisers to pay about £45,000 a worker to 1,000 staff who received unsuitable advice
October 2022
Rees-Mogg in talks with UK steelmakers as fears grow for thousands of jobs
Business secretary liaises with Tata Steel and Jingye Group over Port Talbot and Scunthorpe sites
British Steel auditor Mazars resigns over fee disagreement
Move comes only days after manufacturer reportedly asked government for financial support
British Steel owner reportedly asking for urgent financial help from government
Jingye Group understood to have told ministers that its blast furnaces are unviable without huge cash injection
July 2022
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December 2021
British Steel lost £140m in 2020 under new Chinese ownership
Company is a major employer in ‘red wall’ constituency won by Conservatives in 2019 election
March 2020
Chinese company sends aid package to British Steel in Scunthorpe
British Steel bought by China's Jingye, saving more than 3,000 jobs
