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Daily Mirror
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Ben Glaze

Boost for British Steel as firm wins huge rail contract in Africa

British Steel has won a contract to send 20,000 tonnes of rail sleepers to Guinea in a major boost to the industry.

The Scunthorpe-based manufacturer will export 244,000 steel sleepers to the West African nation.

British Steel’s export sales manager for rail, Jérôme Bonef, said: “This is fantastic news for our business, particularly given the high level of competition we faced to secure this contract.

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