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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Norwegian group in talks to buy former Liberty Steel works in South Yorkshire

The former Liberty Steel site in Rotherham, South Yorkshire
The former Liberty Steel site in Rotherham hosts the UK’s largest existing electric arc furnace. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

UK officials have entered exclusive talks with a Norwegian startup to buy the former Liberty Steel works in South Yorkshire, in a significant step towards its rescue.

Norwegian-owned Blastr is understood to be the bidder preferred by the government’s official receiver to take on ownership of the UK’s largest existing electric arc furnace in Rotherham and other works in Stocksbridge, both in South Yorkshire.

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