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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly and Priya Bharadia

Ministers line up plan to run Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire plants in administration

Person in protective gear and long implement with molten metal
An employee takes a sample from the electric arc furnace at Liberty Steel's site in Rotherham. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty

Ministers have lined up special managers to run Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire operations if they are put into administration, according to a revelation at the high court in London.

The development shows that the government is ready to step in immediately to secure the continued operations of the Speciality Steel UK (SSUK), which employs 1,450 people at the group’s operations in Rotherham and in Stocksbridge.

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