Ministers could send the Royal Navy to escort a fuel shipment to Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces after parliament voted to seize control of British Steel to ensure its survival.
A senior source said the government was considering the extraordinary move to ensure the cargo reached the UK without being intercepted or redirected.
The location and details of the cargo have not been confirmed but it is said to be coking coal — vital to keeping the furnaces running.
Without securing fresh supplies, the furnaces at the steelworks, owned by the Chinese firm Jingye, would burn out and be almost impossible to turn back on. This would kill the UK’s last domestic source of “virgin” steel, predominantly used to build rail tracks but also vital for Britain’s
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