The Government has taken control of the company and is facing a race against time to deliver the materials, including coking coal and iron ore, which are in short supply at the steel works in North Lincolnshire.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will visit the port in Immingham, which is also in North Lincolnshire, as supplies from two ships are unloaded and transported to the plant.
“Our industries depend on UK steel and – thanks to our Plan for Change – demand is set to shoot up: helping build the 1.5 million homes, railways, schools and hospitals we need to usher in a decade of national renewal.”
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It comes after Downing Street said the Government was “confident” it would be able to secure the products necessary to keep the site running, and that work was ongoing to get a “steady pipeline” of materials.
The Prime Minister’s spokesman said the UK would continue with its “consistent, long-term and strategic” approach to China, which has included a warming of relations and several ministerial visits under Labour.
The raw materials are necessary to prevent the cooling of the blast furnaces, which would risk irreparable damage to the plant systems.
The firm’s plans to stop ordering new raw materials to keep the plant running and sell off supplies it already had prompted the Government into action, Mr Reynolds has said.
Downing Street said it had become “clear” that the Chinese owners “wanted to shut the blast furnaces” during talks.
British Steel has appointed interim executives as efforts continue to try and secure its future.
Additional reporting by Press Association.
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