Downing Street has refused to rule out further Chinese involvement in British Steel as Beijing warned against “politicising” trade.
The government was forced to take direct control of the company after concerns that its Chinese owners would not keep the Scunthorpe plant running.
No 10 is “confident” that raw materials, including coking coal stored at the Port of Immingham in Lincolnshire, will now be delivered to the furnaces in time to keep them operational.
The government is working with British Steel to identify further raw materials needed “to keep the furnaces burning”, it added.
Downing Street said it was not aware of any deliberate attempt to sabotage Scunthorpe steelworks
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Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman said ministers were now looking for a private sector partner to co-invest in the site.
He did not rule out working with Beijing-based businesses, saying: “I wouldn’t
