During restart efforts there were several setbacks including damage to the blast furnace shell, which halted works until the damage was eventually repaired. Acting state secretary for the ...

The last molten iron will be tapped from Blast Furnace 5 this week Loud noises and large plumes of steam will be visible above the Port Talbot steelworks as one of its historic furnaces is closed ...

C(s) + O 2 (g) → CO 2 (g) Step 2 – More coke is added to the furnace and reduces the carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a good reducing agent. In the blast furnace, it is so hot that carbon ...

British Steel's blast furnaces at Scunthorpe will be kept running into the New Year. After previous reports back in August that the blast furnaces could close this year, a British Steel ...

A 800ft (250m) exclusion zone was put in place for the levelling of the Redcar blast furnace, the casting houses, the dust catcher and conveyors. Air horns were sounded at about 09:00 GMT shortly ...