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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Tata bought slabs from rival British Steel as it sought to beat Trump tariff plans

Steel is cut into slabs
British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant provided slabs made in its blast furnaces to Tata’s operations in south Wales. Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP

British Steel has made the unusual move to sell slabs of metal to its rival Tata Steel, as the latter sought ways around Donald Trump’s proposed tariff rules.

The Scunthorpe steelworks in north Lincolnshire – now controlled by the UK government – provided slabs made in its blast furnaces to Tata’s operations in south Wales in recent months, according to steel industry sources.

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