That would require the continued operation of blast furnaces in the medium term. The alternative is less carbon-intensive electric arc furnaces that melt down recycled steel but cannot produce ...

Most have shifted to electric arc furnaces that make steel from recycled material. That has left Scunthorpe as the only factory with blast furnaces capable of turning iron ore into virgin steel.

The Chinese company rejected a £500million offer of public money to replace the existing furnaces with electric arc furnaces. The Government offered the same amount to Tata Steel, the owner of ...

Tata, in its statement Wednesday, said it was working towards more environmentally friendly and sustainable methods, such as changing from old blast furnaces to electric arc furnaces. It planned ...

It has rejected a £500m support package from the government, which would protect jobs at the steelworks during the transition to electric arc furnaces. Jingye said the plant was currently ...

Most have shifted to electric arc furnaces that make steel from recycled material. That has left Scunthorpe as the only factory with blast furnaces capable of turning iron ore into virgin steel.

The British government has offered $639 million to Jingye to convert the plant to greener electric arc furnaces that can use scrap metal rather than raw materials. The company has rejected that ...

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