Government’s £500m contract to save Scunthorpe will buy 73,000 tonnes of rails from Germany and Austria
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Government’s £500m contract to save Scunthorpe will buy 73,000 tonnes of rails from Germany and Austria
Government’s £500m contract to save Scunthorpe will buy 73,000 tonnes of rails from Germany and Austria
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The company will forge more than 337,000 tonnes of track in a deal safeguarding its future for the next five years.

The Department for Business and Trade said the move was essential to maintain steel production at British Steel's site in…

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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said it was essential to maintain steel production at British Steel’s site in…

Propping up operations at Scunthorpe site, still legally owned by Jingye, now costs over £1.2m a day – so what are the options?

The British government said Thursday it had taken British Steel into full public ownership to "protect the future of steel…