The furnaces are the last in the UK capable of making virgin steel. Jingye last month rejected a £500m state rescue package - raising fresh doubts about the Lincolnshire plant and fears it could ...

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The Business Secretary accused British Steel’s Chinese owners of attempting to “unilaterally” close down its Scunthorpe blast furnaces as MPs began debating emergency legislation to save the plant.