A Chinese buy-out marks a new chapter in the tumultuous history of steelmaking in the United Kingdom, which has been characterised by nationalisation, privatisations and recurring crises. Suddenly ...

Aston University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The two blast furnaces at British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant in England are the last of their kind in the UK. The UK steel industry ...

It is a long way from Scunthorpe to the windswept plains of northeast China. But a journey to the hometown of the Chinese firm that owns British Steel would soon reveal to a traveller how closely ...

The UK government took effective control Saturday of Britain’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch from its Chinese owners, after lawmakers approved an emergency rescue. Prime ...

Britain took back control of the steelmaker from a Chinese firm. But don’t expect a massive rethink of the China-addicted U.K. economy. LONDON — Keir Starmer is standing up to Chinese economic might — ...

The move, which comes after a court-approved liquidation of Speciality Steel, is meant to preserve jobs and domestic manufacturing. By Stanley Reed Reporting from London For the second time this year, ...

The UK government passed a law allowing it to take control of British Steel to prevent the closure of blast furnaces and ensure continued steel production. The intervention followed plans by Chinese ...

LONDON (AP) — China warned the U.K. government Monday to treat the Chinese owners of British Steel fairly or risk undermining investor confidence in the country, two days after British authorities ...

Sir Chris Bryant told the Financial Times that the British government was in “continuous discussions” about the possibility ...

Government officials and British Steel staff are in a desperate race to save its blast furnaces after what ministers believe was a plot to sabotage the Scunthorpe plant by its Chinese owners. A ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. LONDON (AP) — China has warned the U.K. government to treat the Chinese owners of British Steel ...