British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant are planning to close down the blast furnaces which could see the loss of up to 2,000 jobs.
The company is owned by Chinese firm Jingye who are planning to replace the blast furnaces with electric arc versions which are zero-carbon electricity.
The BBC reported that they will build one new electric arc furnace at the Scunthorpe plant and unions have warned this move will lead to the loss of 1,500 to 2,000 jobs.
British Steel are also closing on the government funded support package which is worth around £500 million that will help the change to electric arc furnaces.
