Green taxes hobbling the steel industry may be scaled back after the Government's rescue of Scunthorpe's blast furnaces.

The UK's struggle to protect its ailing steel industry also presents an opportunity to transition the sector towards modern electric arc furnaces supplemented by imported iron, argued a think tank in ...

Paolo Frediani, a senior analyst at Fastmarkets, says the problem for British Steel in particular is that it uses blast furnaces, which, unlike electric arc furnaces, cannot be quickly shut down ...

including introducing an electric arc furnace in Teesside, similar to what I did with Port Talbot steelworks." But today, under questioning from Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, she was ...

Britain’s remaining steelmakers are under pressure to reduce carbon emissions. Most have shifted to electric arc furnaces that make steel from recycled material. That has left Scunthorpe as the ...

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Britain will pass emergency laws on Saturday to keep British Steel's blast furnaces open, aiming to save the country's steel-making capability and thousands of jobs ...

advanced electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Kurashiki plant in western Japan. The move is part of efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and follows the government's approval on Wednesday ...

Britain’s remaining steelmakers are now under pressure to reduce carbon emissions amid the threat of global warming. Most have shifted to electric arc furnaces that make steel from recycled material.

Britain’s remaining steelmakers are now under pressure to reduce carbon emissions amid the threat of global warming. Most have shifted to electric arc furnaces that make steel from recycled ...

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The company had requested £1bn in subsidies to assist it to make the transition from the coal-powered blast furnaces to two new electric arc furnaces which are a cleaner alternative (though they are ...

Scientists have developed a cleaner, electrochemical method to extract iron that could one day rival traditional blast furnaces in cost while slashing ... contained only a few trace impurities, such ...