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2,500 steelworkers to be laid off before Christmas as British Steel shutters Scunthorpe blast furnaces

Exclusive: In a move unions say will be devastating for the local community, British Steel will stop importing coal and coke in October, meaning the blast furnaces will be turned off permanently just before Christmas

The Independent UK

Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces

As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs?

The Guardian - UK

China-owned British Steel said to have requested £600m of taxpayer support

Company is looking for help from next government to upgrade to less polluting technology

The Guardian - UK

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The collapse of Port Talbot’s steelworks is a death knell for industrial, working-class Britain

UK industrial towns offered not only well-paid jobs, but a whole working-class culture. A radical alternative is desperately needed, says former coalminer Keith Gildart

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Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not

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Tata Steel boss defends decision to cut thousands of jobs at Port Talbot

TV Narendran says shareholders in Indian-listed firm had grown weary of billions of pounds being spent on plant

The Guardian - UK

Questions raised over British Steel’s finances

Auditors sound warning about ability of firm of 4,500 staff to operate without new funds from Chinese owner Jingye

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel to confirm shutdown of Port Talbot blast furnaces, sources claim

Move by Tata could put thousands of jobs in south Wales at risk and end more than a century of steelmaking

The Guardian - UK

‘A golden opportunity’: Port Talbot fights to keep its steelmaking tradition alive

Tata’s plan for greener steel would see a four-year shutdown in Wales but unions and locals are adamant there is another way

The Guardian - UK

Electric arc furnaces: the technology poised to make British steelmaking more sustainable

In a move to embrace sustainable steelmaking, British Steel has unveiled a £1.25 billion plan to replace two blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant with electric arc furnaces. This follows the UK government’s commitment in September to invest up to £500 million towards an electric arc furnace at Tata Steel’s…

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Large parts of Port Talbot steelworks could be shut under Tata Steel cuts plan

Unions say move could force Tata’s automative steel factory at Llanwern to close, costing 600 jobs

The Guardian - UK

Iron resolve: steel town unites to fight for its furnaces

As Scunthorpe faces 2,000 job losses in a move to greener tech, MPs and unions fear for workers and a strategic UK industry

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Fresh calls to scrap Cumbrian coalmine amid steel industry’s green push

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

The Independent UK

Fears over jobs as British Steel confirms plans to shut blast furnaces

Unions fear up to 2,000 jobs could be put at risk by the move.

The Guardian - UK

British Steel to replace Scunthorpe furnaces, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk

Plant’s Chinese owner says £1.25bn scheme to switch to electric arc furnaces is contingent on £500m in government support

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour and the steel industry: how to forge a better future

Editorial: Visiting Port Talbot steelworks this week, Sir Keir Starmer was right to call for a new deal for a vital sector

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The Independent UK

Starmer says he will set aside party politics ‘to turn around steel industry’

The Labour leader made the vow as the industry faces painful job cuts as part of the drive to lower emissions

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer vows to put party politics aside to make UK a leader in steel

The Labour leader made the vow as the industry faces painful job cuts as part of the drive to lower emissions.

The Independent UK

Labour promises UK steel industry will be ‘backed not abandoned’

Sir Keir Starmer will visit the Port Talbot steelworks on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

British Steel owner preparing to cut as many as 2,000 jobs, report says

China’s Jingye Group said to be considering move as part of switch to using greener electric arc furnaces

The Guardian - UK

Welsh steelworks at breaking point over the cost of cleaning up its act

Time is running out in Port Talbot to decarbonise its operations: at stake is the supply chain for much of Britain’s construction and manufacturing sectors, along with thousands of jobs

Daily Mirror

Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry

Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"

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