which use greener electric arc furnaces rather than blast furnaces. The repercussions would be huge for industries like construction, defense and rail and make the country dependent on foreign ...

That would mean the U.K., which in the late 19th century was the world’s steelmaking powerhouse, would be the only country in the Group of Seven industrial nations without the capacity to make its own ...

which use greener electric arc furnaces rather than blast furnaces. The repercussions would be huge for industries like construction, defense and rail and make the country dependent on foreign ...

MPs have approved government plans to take control of British Steel’s blast furnaces in Scunthorpe and save them from closure. In a rare move, parliament was recalled from its Easter break and ...

Less carbon-intensive electric arc furnaces, which make new steel from scrap, are already being built at Tata Steel's Port Talbot site, following a government support package worth £500 million ...

including introducing an electric arc furnace in Teesside, similar to what I did with Port Talbot steelworks." But today, under questioning from Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, she was ...

The UK government has taken effective control of the country's last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch from its Chinese owners, after MPs approved an emergency rescue.

This screen grab from PA video shows a view of the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, Saturday April 12, 2025. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP) ...