British Steel considers offers of help to keep Scunthorpe furnaces running

British Steel is considering emergency measures to secure raw materials to keep blast furnaces running at Scunthorpe, after the business secretary refused to guarantee that the plant would get what it needs in time. The company is understood to be looking at offers of help from more than a dozen businesses to obtain materials such as iron ore and coking coal, potentially allowing it to avoid the temporary shutdown of one of the two blast furnaces. On Saturday, parliament passed a one-day bill containing emergency powers to gain control of the Scunthorpe site after its Chinese owner, Jingye, declined government

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