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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - Caught on Camera

Scunthorpe steelworks: why can’t you just turn a blast furnace off and what is a salamander tap?

From coking coal to the ‘four queens’, here’s what you need to know about workings of UK’s last two blast furnaces

The Guardian - UK

British Steel appoints interim executives as efforts to secure future continue

The two appointments were signed off by the Business Secretary.

Evening Standard

Union officials ‘hopeful’ of Scunthorpe steel materials delivery within 48 hours

British Steel staff and civil servants are expected to spend Monday trying to prevent the permanent shutdown of Britain’s last steel-making plant.

Evening Standard

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Labour confident it can keep British Steel furnaces burning after taking control

British Steel is in a race to secure raw materials for its blast furnace and keep operations going

The Independent UK

Ministers race to attract more Chinese investment in UK despite Scunthorpe steelworks fiasco

Trade minister Douglas Alexander is currently in China seeking to drum up business deals

Evening Standard

SNP are ‘manufacturing grievance’ with Grangemouth calls – minister

Kirsty McNeill said the situation at Grangemouth is different to the steelmaking plant at Scunthorpe.

Evening Standard

UK politics: No 10 ‘confident’ on securing supplies to keep Scunthorpe furnaces burning – as it happened

PM’s spokesperson says ships carrying materials needed by the steel plant have docked in Lincolnshire

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Monday briefing: British Steel is in crisis – is nationalisation the answer?

In today’s newsletter: Emergency powers aim to prevent the closure of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, safeguarding 2,000 jobs and Britain’s last two functioning blast furnaces – but what comes next?

The Guardian - UK

British Steel staff and civil servants race to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces on

Officials from the Department for Business and Trade are already on site in Scunthorpe after the Government took over the running of British Steel.

The Independent UK

Race to save British Steel factory after Chinese firm’s ‘sabotage’

Dozens of businesses have rallied to help British Steel with offers of managerial support and raw materials

The Independent UK

Network Rail has stockpiled a year’s worth of rails in case of British Steel disruption

Reserves would give six months to find alternative supply if Scunthorpe blast furnaces are switched off

The Guardian - UK

More than a dozen businesses offer to help British Steel keep furnaces burning

If the blast furnaces at the Scunthorpe steelworks run out of raw materials, they can never be turned back on.

Evening Standard

Labour has done right by British Steel – now it must speed up a radical strategy for all industry

Taking control of the ailing company wasn’t an easy decision, but it makes sense. Hopefully the nationalisation phobia is passing, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

What happened with British Steel’s Chinese owners and why have the government now taken control?

Business secretary warns that – without action taken in parliament on Saturday – UK would have lost its ability to produce virgin steel

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Reynolds unable to say British Steel will get raw materials in time

The Business Secretary faces a scramble to get enough raw materials to the Scunthorpe steelworks to stop the blast furnaces being turned off.

The Guardian - UK

Business secretary refuses to say whether there are enough supplies to keep British Steel furnaces running – as it happened

Jonathan Reynolds says allowing British Steel to collapse would have cost £1bn as public ownership looks increasingly likely

Evening Standard

Reynolds gives instructions to British Steel after MPs back emergency law

The move came after an extraordinary sitting of Parliament on Saturday.

The Guardian - UK

Emergency law passed to force loss-making steel companies to keep operating

Special powers granted to prevent the collapse of British Steel’s Scunthorpe works

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on British Steel: saved for now, but for how long?

Governments of both colours bear responsibility for the sorry saga, which could have dire economic and defence consequences

The Independent UK

Parliament approves British Steel bill to save Scunthorpe plant

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Evening Standard

Parliament approves emergency powers to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

Emergency legislation giving the Government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open passed both the Commons and Lords in one day.

Evening Standard

UK Government accused of double standards in plan to save British Steel

Welsh Politicians criticised the Government’s plans to save jobs in Scunthorpe, suggesting it failed to do the same for Port Talbot.

Evening Standard

MPs approve Government bid to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks

The emergency legislation passed the Commons unopposed.

Evening Standard

Labour MP calls for ministers to act over Grangemouth as well as at Scunthorpe

Brian Leishman said there are ‘striking similarities’ between Scunthorpe, where the steel plant faces closure, and the refinery at Grangemouth.

The Independent UK

Ministers accuse British Steel’s Chinese owner of trying to ‘irrevocably’ shut down blast furnaces

Labour prime minister has warned the UK’s ‘economic and national security’ at risk if Scunthorpe plant closes

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