UK Steel director general Gareth Stace says that government must create a “competitive business environment” for domestic steelmakers after it stepped in to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe operations.

Stace is interviewed by MEPS managing editor Tom Sharpe as part of this episode of the Speaking of Steel podcast, entitled ‘Can British Steel succeed in tough UK market?’. 

MEPS steel market analysts Jon Carruthers-Green and Chris Jackson also discuss recent changes at the UK steelmaker, which came under government control in April.

In this episode of Speaking of Steel, the MEPS team discuss the developments that led to that historic move. It also considers:

• How parliament reconvened to ensure Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces kept running
• British Steel Scunthorpe’s importance to the steel supply chain in the UK and Europe
• The need for the UK government to create a new strategy to support domestic steelmaking
• Buyer sentiment in the UK steel market