Britain must steel itself for the future | Brief letters

Saving Scunthorpe and Port Talbot | Supply security question | Anthemic way to stop the noise | Coffee and newspaper prices | Hay fever remedyAt last, someone who articulates a clear plan for the steel we will need in future (Letters, 15 April). Prof Euan G Nisbet’s plan to keep Scunthorpe’s blast furnaces going for a few more years while Britain’s best brains devise a way to turn iron ore into hi-tech steels provides hope for the breakthroughs needed to guarantee long-term futures for Scunthorpe and Port Talbot, and to meet our net zero ambitions.Jenny RathboneLabour Senedd member for Cardiff Central• The buccaneering story of how Scunthorpe’s furnaces were saved is enthralling (British Steel on a razor’s edge: inside Starmer’s Scunthorpe rescue mission, 18 April), but one aspect bothers me. If all the raw materials are imported (coke, iron ore) then what is the gain in supply security – the ostensible justification – over importing steel processed at source, which is surely more efficient?Dr Kimon RoussopoulosCambridge Continue reading...

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