Up to 1709, furnaces could only use charcoal to produce ... a man called Abraham Darby finally succeeded in smelting iron using coke (see list of terms below) as fuel, and he bought all his ...
British Steel has confirmed its blast furnaces will continue to operate beyond 2024. It was previously reported the furnaces could shut before Christmas, with workers at the Scunthorpe plant quitting ...
The ovens are used to heat coal to create a hard residue called coke which is then used to fuel blast furnaces. Unions had been aware of concerns about the condition of the ovens for some time and ...