Race to keep furnaces burning at British Steel plant

Officials are working to deliver essential raw materials to British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, the government has said, as it races to keep its blast furnaces burning.
An emergency law rushed through Parliament on Saturday gave the government control of the Lincolnshire site to prevent its Chinese owner shutting it down.
The government said work was under way on Monday to obtain the coking coal and iron ore that power the plant’s two furnaces – materials it previously said owners Jingye had been selling off.
“My team are already hard at work on the ground to keep jobs going and furnaces burning,” the business secretary said in a statement.
Dozens of businesses including steel producers Tata and Rainham Steel have offered help and to supply their raw materials, the government added.

Source: BBC | Language: English