Coking coal and iron ore from the US will keep the British Steel blast furnaces running for the coming weeks, says the ...

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

The UK government has taken control of British Steel's plant in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, to prevent it from closing.

The British government has made several moves to intervene in the future of the British Steel blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace (BOF ... the workforce here in Scunthorpe” The raw materials (iron ore ...

Raw materials needed to keep Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces going – including a huge ... Union officials said remaining coking coal and iron ore supplies at the site in Scunthorpe, North ...

Britain said on Tuesday it could keep the country's last steel blast furnaces burning for at least the next few weeks after ...