British steelmaking on brink of collapse as ministers scramble to save industry and 3,000 jobs

BRITISH steelmaking is less than 24 hours from collapse as ministers scramble to save the industry.

In last-ditch crisis talks, the Government offered to buy emergency coal from abroad to keep Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces fired up.

British steelmaking is on the brink of collapse as ministers scramble to save the industry Ed Miliband blocked any hope of a new UK coal mine in Cumbria as part of his drive to hit Net Zero

But it has sparked anger as it comes just months after...