Reports: Investors eye £900m British Steel turnaround plan to deliver 'greenest steel in Europe'

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Plan to convert beleaguered Scunthorpe steelworks to produce less carbon intensive steel is being drawn up by interested buyer Ataer Holding, reports suggest

A £900m turnaround plan for British Steel that is being drawn up by Turkish investors could see the beleaguered firm's Scunthorpe steelworks reconfigured to produce the "greenest steel in Europe", according...

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