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Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire operations lost £340m in four years

Exclusive: court documents lay bare crisis at Sanjeev Gupta’s steelworks as it struggles to find buyers in face of looming liquidation

The Guardian - UK

Liberty Steel has not produced anything at two key plants since July 2024

Lack of work at Rotherham and Motherwell sites highlights financial crisis at UK’s third-biggest steel producer

The Guardian - UK

British Steel to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces operating past Christmas

Confirmation follows progress at talks over government support for switch to less polluting technology

The Guardian - UK

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It’s been seven years since the ‘saviour of steel’ arrived in Whyalla. But hopes for a green transition are fading

The global race to upgrade coal operations is proving difficult. At South Australia’s struggling steelworks, taken over by Sanjeev Gupta’s firm, jobs have been lost and promises to invest remain unfulfilled

The Guardian - AU

Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry

Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"

Daily Mirror

Wyelands Bank rebuked by Bank of England for regulatory failings

Central bank decides against £8.5m fine because of collapsed firm’s ‘limited resources’

The Guardian - UK

Australian green steel deal shows UK industry how to do it, say campaigners

Liberty Steel has struck a deal with the Australian government to support its switch to an electric arc furnace at its Whyalla plant - and unions believe it shows how cooperation can benefit the sector

Daily Mirror

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Whyalla moves closer to emissions-free production as Liberty Steel signs electric furnace contract

The company behind the Whyalla steelworks signs a $485 million deal that could end the use of coal in making steel in Whyalla.

ABC News

South Australian coal-based steel to go green

Liberty Steel is set to dump coal-based steelmaking at Whyalla in South Australia with a major investment in electrical and hydrogen-powered alternatives.

The New Daily

Major phase out of South Australian coal-based steel

Liberty Steel is set to dump coal-based steelmaking at Whyalla in South Australia with a major investment in electrical and hydrogen-powered alternatives.

AAP

Steel rescue plan could save 250 jobs if court agrees, says Liberty Steel boss

The High Court in Manchester will tomorrow hear an application by GFG Alliance to overturn the administration process slapped on Aartee Bright Bar last month

Daily Mirror

Government ‘negligence’ to blame for steel firm’s collapse, says union

British steel business Aartee Bright Bar called in administrators on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

British Steel owner faces calls to halt 'unacceptable' plan to cut 800 jobs

Scunthorpe's Tory MP triggered an emergency Commons debate after the company warned of potential redundancies as energy costs soar and pressure on the industry to slash emissions grows

Daily Mirror

Fears for 800 British Steel jobs amid siren warnings for industry's future

Unions demanded answers from the firm as reports suggest staff posts could be at risk as the threats to the struggling sector continue to mount - raising concerns about its viability

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Wales Online

'£300m for Port Talbot steelworks falls woefully short of what's needed to save the Welsh steel industry'

Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens and Newport West MP Jessica Morden argue the government is putting the steel industry's future at risk

The Guardian - UK

Liberty Steel plans to cut 440 jobs in UK and reduce production

Union condemns Gupta group ‘switch from substantial investment’ to idling plant and curbing output

The Independent UK

Liberty Steel to begin next phase of restructuring with up to 440 jobs affected

The firm said it will offer an alternative to redundancy through a programme which aims to retain, redeploy and reskill workers.

Wales Online

Hundreds of jobs at risk as Liberty Steel mothballs manufacturing sites in Wales

The firm will stop production at its sites in Newport and Tredegar

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Birmingham Post

Liberty Steel UK announce plans to shed more than 400 jobs in major restructure

Steel unions say it is a huge blow to the UK steel sector

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of Liberty Steel jobs at risk as firm announces fresh wave of cuts

The company delivered a fresh blow to the sector this morning as the industry battles high energy costs and struggles to compete with foreign rivals

Insider UK

Government accused of ‘deception’ over liability for steelworks clean-up costs

Documents obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrat's put Business Minister Ivan McKee in the frame

The Guardian - UK

Liberty Steel Group says it is nearing deal with Credit Suisse and Greensill

Sanjeev Gupta-owned firm stands to win reprieve from creditors’ insolvency proceedings

Insider UK

Scottish ministers asked to explain £330m taxpayer-backed deal with metal tycoon

Sanjeev Gupta has been revealed to have paid just £5 towards the acquisition of the Lochaber smelting plant

Insider UK

Liberty Steel reaches debt agreement with Greensill

Company says it is operationally strong, 'despite some economic headwinds'

The Guardian - UK

Labour says it can prove Starmer’s team worked past 1am on Beergate night

Exclusive: party to present dossier of evidence to police claiming curry and beers were part of working day

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