Strong supply chains are vital in this complex manufacturing process – and British Steel faced a perfect storm of problems.

The site’s closure would spell the end of the final hub in the UK capable of producing virgin steel, making it the only member of the G7 unable to to manufacture it. The government has ...

Were the plant to stop producing virgin steel, the UK would be the only member of the G7 group of leading economies without the ability to make it. The government views that as a risk to the UK's ...

Britain expressed confidence on Monday that it could secure enough raw materials to keep the blast furnaces burning at its ...

The UK parliament was recalled for just the fifth time since WWII to vote on emergency legislation, and passed the bill in less than 24 hours.

The government is working to obtain coal to power the company's furnaces after passing an emergency law to take control of ...

“It is in the national interest that a solution is found to secure a future for British Steel as a vital strategic business,” said Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the union Community. “We can’t ...