The deputy PM says "nothing is off the table" and would like to see private investment at the Scunthorpe plant.

When the blast furnaces were closing in Port Talbot ... "To stop that happening you need to empty that sump pool using a salamander [chilled metal] tap process by drilling a hole to remove ...

Britain said on Tuesday it could keep the country's last steel blast furnaces burning for at least the next few weeks after ...

Blast furnaces are the heart of the steel industry, transforming raw materials into molten iron, which is then converted into steel. This process is a marvel of engineering and chemistry ...

Coking coal and iron ore from the US will keep the British Steel blast furnaces running for the coming weeks, says the ...

The government has secured supplies of the raw materials needed to keep British Steel's Scunthorpe blast furnace running for the coming weeks after taking over the company at the weekend. On Saturday ...

British Steel's blast furnaces are set to continue running with a delivery of enough raw materials to keep them alight for the "coming weeks" due on Tuesday, the government has said. Coking coal ...

The raw materials needed to keep the blast furnaces running at British Steel's Scunthorpe plant will be delivered to the site today, the government has confirmed. Ministers have been racing ...

While it is possible to turn blast furnaces off and on again, Sky News science correspondent Thomas Moore explains it is a "dangerous and expensive process". First of all, there is no switch that ...

Britain's government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running after passing emergency legislation to take control of British Steel.