Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
(asked on 18th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which steel plants in the UK have (a) closed and (b) been bought by a new owner in each of the last 10 years.
The information requested is set out below and covers the closures and sales of primary steel making plants in the UK.
Steel Plant Closed (A) | Steel Plant Bought by New Owner (B) |
Alphasteel, Newport (2007) | Libala, Newport (2008) |
Teeside Cast Products, Redcar (2010) | SSI, Redcar (2011) |
Thamesteel, Sheerness (2012) | Liberty Group, Newport (2013) |
Libala, Newport (2013) | |
SSI, Redcar (2015) |
For A) owner at time of closing, plant (year of closure)
For B) new owner, plant (year of sale)
There is no centrally collected information for downstream steel sites closures and sales.