UK steel must go green to survive

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Green Alliance's Libby Peake argues UK steel sector can carve a profitable niche with a climate-friendly product, but it needs government help to get there

The UK steel industry has suffered from decades of decline, with production dropping by nearly two thirds since 1970. 2015 was a particularly difficult year, and one from which the UK steel industry has...

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