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TMI BlogRaw materials to keep British Steel plant operating reach UKX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Raw materials to keep British Steel plant operating reach UK X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... would deepen tensions between the UK and China. The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday warned against “politicising” the issue as British officials raised concerns about Chinese investment in strategic industries. The issue has dominated British politics since Saturday, when Prime Minister Keir Starmer recalled lawmakers from their spring recess so Parliament could pass emergency legislation al ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lowing the government to take operational control of British Steel. That move was spurred by reports that the company's owners, China's Jingye Group, were trying to shut down steelmaking operations in Scunthorpe, northern England, by starving the plant of the iron ore and coking coal needed to keep the blast furnaces operating. That raised the prospect that Britain would lose its last plant cap ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... able of making high-quality steel from scratch because once blast furnaces are shut down it is difficult and expensive to restart them. The Department for Business and Trade said shipments of the raw materials that had been waiting at the port of Immingham will be unloaded on Tuesday after the government agreed to pay for them. A separate shipment is on the way from Australia after the government ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... resolved a legal dispute with Jingye. “After intensive work over the weekend, the government has secured coke and iron ore pellets for the blast furnaces and is confident there will be enough materials to keep the furnaces burning,” the department said in a statement. While Jingye remains the owner of British Steel, the government has said temporary nationalization is likely as it looks for oth ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... er investors to rescue the company.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry on Monday warned Britain to treat Jingye fairly and avoid “politicising and over-securitising” the issue, “so as not to affect the confidence of Chinese enterprises in investing and cooperating in the UK”. (AP) PY PY X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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