Lincolnshire’s Lord Lieutenant Toby Dennis has visited British Steel for a full-day tour to see how the plant produces rails and wire rod for a host of applications.
A full day’s schedule culminated in a formal presentation about British Steel, followed by an open floor Q&A which focused on the manufacturer’s proposed £1.25-billion transformation – its biggest in more than a century of steelmaking.
The Lord Lieutenant said: “It was a fairly obvious choice really to visit British Steel. We have only one annual meeting with all of the Lieutenants where we try to get around the county to see different aspects of what is active in the county of Lincolnshire. We felt it would be good to come to Scunthorpe and come to British Steel to see how the modern way of making steel is progressing.
“We have been very well guided through the initial process of where the raw material are required and what is needed to make steel, first impressions for me are the gigantic size of the site, it is quite amazing. “
An exchange of gifts closed off the day, with Lord Lieutenant Toby Dennis presenting British Steel Chairman Li Huiming with a specially frame picture of King Charles III.
