British Steel staff and civil servants will spend Monday attempting to avert the permanent shutdown of Britain's last primary steelmaking plant.The company, which was taken over by the Government on Saturday, faces a race against time to ensure it has enough raw materials to keep the two blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant burning.

British Steel staff and civil servants will spend Monday attempting to avert the permanent shutdown of Britain's last primary steelmaking plant.The company, which was taken over by the Government on Saturday, faces a race against time to ensure it has enough raw materials to keep the two blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant burning.