£500,000 investment enhances British Steel’s mobile plant fleet
An excellent new addition to British Steel’s mobile plant fleet is joining the business with the arrival of a £500,000 Cat 336 at our Scunthorpe BOS Plant. With its telescopic boom and newly-configured system set-up, the converted Cat will work as...
British Steel’s £1.25-billion journey to net zero – Electric Arc Furnace animation
British Steel has launched an animation showcasing our journey to net zero.Premiered at trade show Wire 24 in Dusseldorf this week, the animation offers an insight into our ambitious proposals.Earlier this month we were granted planning permission to build an Electric Arc Furnace...
Meet British Steel and FN Steel at Wire 2024
This is how the British Steel and FN Steel stand will look at the Wire 2024 exhibition in Germany next week. We’ll be with our sister company for the event in Dusseldorf which is expected to welcome around 38,000 visitors from...
British Steel welcomes Minister for Industry Alan Mak MP to Scunthorpe HQ
British Steel today welcomed Minister for Industry Alan Mak MP to our Scunthorpe site. We showcased operations and discussed our proposals to adopt Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking. Last week we were granted planning permission to build an EAF at our Teesside plant...
British Steel granted permission to build Electric Arc Furnace on Teesside as part of £1.25-billion decarbonisation plan
British Steel was today granted planning permission to build an Electric Arc Furnace at its Teesside plant – a key milestone in its £1.25-billion decarbonisation plan. The company’s application was approved by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council following a detailed consultation...
British Steel wins major rail contract for Egypt’s Green Line
British Steel has won a multi-million-pound contract to supply rail for a landmark new route in North Africa. In total, 9,500 tonnes of track, produced in Scunthorpe, will be delivered for Egypt’s Green Line railway – the country’s first fully electrified mainline and...
Work is progressing at pace on British Steel’s £26-million Skinningrove Service Centre
Work is progressing at pace on British Steel’s £26-million Skinningrove Service Centre. The Special Profiles facility will include cut-to-length lines, product milling, machining and warehousing operations. It is due to open in the next 6 weeks, enabling us to make and process...
British Steel’s wire rod team retains International Automative Test Force 16949 certificate
British Steel’s Scunthorpe Rod Mill (SRM) has secured its best-ever result in retaining a vital endorsement for the management of products it supplies into the automotive market. SRM makes a vast array of semi-finished products for customers who manufacture them into...
New trucks giving a lift to British Steel
The acquisition of two more forklift trucks for the Semi-Finished Products (SFP) team at Scunthorpe completes a £3.1-million investment in mobile plant at British Steel. The SVE 52120-60 forklift trucks have a maximum lifting capacity of 52 tonnes and will be...