No 10 ‘confident’ British Steel furnaces will stay on

Downing Street has said it is “confident” the raw materials needed to keep the furnaces at British Steel’s Scunthorpe site switched on will reach it in time.
The government has been attempting to source the materials needed to fuel the plant’s central blast furnaces since taking control of it on Saturday, and has confirmed a shipment will arrive “in the coming days”.
Ministers seized control of operations after talks with British Steel’s Chinese owner Jingye broke down, and the government accused the firm of planning to switch the furnaces off.
Beijing has accused the British government of “politicising trade co-operation”, and said the move raised doubts about investment in the UK.
Officials had been attempting to obtain the coking coal and iron pellets needed to keep the steel-producing furnaces running – materials which ministers have accused Jingye of selling off.

Source: BBC | Language: English