Steel industry

British Steel to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces operating past Christmas

The owners of British Steel are to keep the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe site running past Christmas amid talks over government support for a switch to less polluting...

Not all credit goes to Ratan Tata – but he did shape investment in UK steel and JLR | Nils Pratley

In India, Ratan Tata is being mourned as a towering business leader who took the sprawling family-controlled Tata...

Not all the credit goes to Ratan Tata – but he did shape investment in UK steel and JLR | Nils Prately

In India, Ratan Tata is being mourned as a towering business leader who took the sprawling family-controlled Tata...

Sanjeev Gupta prosecuted for failing to file accounts for more than 70 companies

The steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta is being prosecuted by Companies House for failing to file accounts for more...

Port Talbot: steel town braces for shutdown of its last blast furnace

The steel town of Port Talbot is braced for the shutdown of the final furnace at its plant...

Labour’s plan for steel is a work in progress. Port Talbot was almost the easy part | Nils Pratley

It was “a bad deal” for workers, taxpayers and the steel industry, insisted Jonathan Reynolds when he was in opposition at the start of...

Blow for British steel industry as 2,500 jobs go at Port Talbot

The British steel industry has suffered a blow after confirmation that 2,500 jobs will go at the Port Talbot steelworks despite a £500m taxpayer-backed...

British steel industry braces for 2,500 job cuts at Port Talbot in government deal

The British steel industry is braced for 2,500 job cuts at the Port Talbot steelworks, with thousands more jobs at risk in the UK,...