British Steel owner preparing to bring forward blast furnace …
Sep 6, 2024 · The Chinese owner of British Steel is preparing to bring forward plans to close its blast furnaces in Lincolnshire as talks with the government over a £500mn state aid package …
Focus: Inside Cleveland-Cliffs' bid to keep U.S. blast furnaces ...
Sep 5, 2023 · A 65-year-old Brazilian metallurgical engineer, Goncalves transformed Cliffs from an iron ore and coal miner into the largest supplier of steel to the automotive industry in North …
British Steel set to cut up to 2,000 jobs in furnace closure plan
Nov 6, 2023 · British Steel has confirmed it plans to close down its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. They will be replaced with two electric arc furnaces - one at …
British Steel to close Scunthorpe blast furnaces - BBC News
Nov 6, 2023 · British Steel is to close down its blast furnace in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. The Chinese-owned business wants to replace it with two electric arc furnaces …
Traditional steelmaking ends as Tata's Port Talbot blast furnace …
Sep 29, 2024 · Steelworkers have drilled the final hole in the last remaining blast furnace in Port Talbot, bringing to an end the traditional method of steelmaking in south Wales.
British Steel: Scunthorpe reacts as blast furnaces set to close - BBC
Nov 6, 2023 · British Steel has announced it will close down its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. They will be replaced by two electric arc furnaces - one at …
Tata Steel: Thousands of jobs to go as Port Talbot blast furnaces …
Jan 19, 2024 · The company is closing its blast furnaces at Port Talbot and replacing them with an electric arc furnace, which produces less CO2 but requires fewer workers. The UK …
British Steel: Scunthorpe cuts will leave UK 'exposed', union says - BBC
Nov 7, 2023 · Closing the blast furnaces at Scunthorpe's steelworks would leave the UK "dangerously exposed", unions say. On Monday, British Steel announced plans to replace the …
Why the British steel industry is on the brink of extinction - Sky News
Apr 7, 2023 · The thousand or so blast furnaces around the world produce comfortably the most concentrated source of mass carbon emissions.
End of an era as last blast furnace shuts down at Port Talbot
Sep 29, 2024 · The last blast furnace at one of the biggest steelworks in the world is shutting down, leaving it unable to make its own virgin steel. Nearly 2,000 jobs will be lost at Tata Steel …