Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
Disaster for the folk directly affected and for the local economy. Short sighted plan really. How long is it going to take to build the electric arc smelter and will there be enough green energy to run it? No more virgin steel to be made there. Meanwhile UK will import virgin steel from places such as China who don't give a hoot about burning coal to fuel their blast furnaces.
Uk government should just take it over and keep some of the jobs at least…..lots of businesses rely on that place being open for their own existence….