Why has British Steel been nationalised?
The UK's only remaining plant making virgin steel has been taken into public ownership after years of uncertainty over its future.
Last updated: 2026-07-22 06:07:49 ET
The UK's only remaining plant making virgin steel has been taken into public ownership after years of uncertainty over its future.
Jingye said it will take action "through legal means to the very end" after the UK government nationalised British Steel.
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The UK government said taking the firm into public hands would safeguard "a vital national capability".
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The government first intervened in British Steel last year to prevent its then-owner, the Chinese company Jingye Group, from shutting it down. No priv...
The U.K. government has nationalized British Steel to protect the nation’s steelmaking capacity
The Scunthorpe steelworks has been officially nationalised under new government powers passed this week.
The new legislation would see Scunthorpe-based British Steel brought into public ownership.
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