"No final decision" after reports on two electric furnaces at Scunthorpe Steel

Bosses from British Steel say "no decisions have been made" regarding the future of Scunthorpe Steel.

It's after it was rumoured that the site might become home to two electric furnaces.

MP for Scunthorpe Sir Nic Dakin, speaking to the BBC said he was "quietly hopeful" that two new electric arc furnaces were planned for the town's steelworks.

Sir Nic Dakin was responding to a report in The Sunday Times, external suggesting British Steel will scrap plans to build one of the furnaces on Teesside in favour of placing both in North Lincolnshire.

In a statement to us from British Steel, they say "We are in ongoing discussions with the government about our decarbonisation plans and the future operations of our UK business. While progress continues, no final decisions have been made."

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