British Steel Corp
Other Business Names:
- British Steel Plc
- Corus Group
- Haslam, Sir Robert
- Tata Steel
- Koninklijke Hoogovens
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Corby, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England
- Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Wales, Wales
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Ravenscraig, North Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Redcar, Redcar & Cleveland, Cleveland, North East, England
- Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, Humberside, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Shotton, Flintshire, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
- Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal forging, pressing, stamping, rolling, slitting, etc
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal pipe & tube making
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Basic metals production
Tinplate production
Notes:
Established in 1967 to hold the assets of 14 iron and steel producers nationalised in that year. This represented 90% of UK industry. Subsequently closed marginal plant, eg at Consett, Corby and Ravenscraig, near Motherwell, and focused on development of integrated plant in South Wales, South Yorkshire, Scunthorpe and Teeside. Privatised in 1988 as British Steel Plc. Merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens of Netherlands in 1999 to created Corus Group. Subsequently acquired by Tata Steel 2007
Publications:
- ' Iron and steel state industry in the UK and Italy' in F Amatori, R Millward & P A Toninelli (eds), Reappraising State Owned Enterprise. A comparison of the UK and Italy by Ranieri, Ruggero
- Accounting for British Steel. A financial analysis of the failure of the British Steel Corporation, 1967-80, and who was to blame by Bryer, Robert A, T J Brignall & A R Maunders
- 'British Steel, 1983-6' in B Haslam, An Industrial Cocktail by Haslam, Bob
- British Steel. An industry between the state and the private sector by Abromeit, Heidrun
- British Steel Corp. Probably the biggest turnaround story in UK industrial history by Pandit, Naresh R
- British Steel Research Achievements, 1970-1990 by Scholes, Peter H
- British Steel Under Privatisation by Unknown
- Contemporary Political Economy of the British Steel Industry by Morley, J B
- Giant with Feet of Clay. The British Steel Industry, 1945-1981 by Cottrell, Elizabeth
- Human Face of Change. Social responsibility and rationalization at British Steel by Kerr, John
- Management of Change. The British Steel Corp, 1967-1989. An analysis of the management perspective by Venn, S
- Politics and Steel in Britain, 1967-1988. The life and times of the British Steel Corp by Dudley, Geoffrey F, & Jeremy J Richardson
- Privatisation and Performance. A study of the British steel industry under public and private ownership by Parker, David, & Hsueh Liang Wu
- Privatisation of the British Steel Corp by Aylen, Jonathan
- 'Privatising British Steel' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 2. Popular capitalism, 1987-97 by Parker, David
- 'Sir Robert Scholey, chairman, British Steel' in C Simcock, Head for Business. How Britain's top business leaders continue to succeed by Simcock, Corinne
- 'Steel and the state in Italy and the UK. The public sector of the steel industry in comparative perspective, 1945-96' in W Feldenkirchen & T Gourvish (eds), European Yearbook of Business History. Vol. 2, 1999 by Ranieri, Ruggero
- 'Steel' in K D George & L Mainwaring (eds), The Welsh Economy by Baber, Colin, & Lynn Mainwaring
- Twenty Years of Nationalisation. The British experience by Kelf-Cohen, R
- Wales Is Closed. The quiet privatisation of British Steel by Fevre, Ralph
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- British Steel Plc
- Corus Group
- Haslam, Sir Robert
- Tata Steel
- Koninklijke Hoogovens
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Corby, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England
- Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Wales, Wales
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Ravenscraig, North Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Redcar, Redcar & Cleveland, Cleveland, North East, England
- Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, Humberside, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Shotton, Flintshire, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
- Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal forging, pressing, stamping, rolling, slitting, etc
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal pipe & tube making
- Basic metals production Tinplate production
Notes:
Established in 1967 to hold the assets of 14 iron and steel producers nationalised in that year. This represented 90% of UK industry. Subsequently closed marginal plant, eg at Consett, Corby and Ravenscraig, near Motherwell, and focused on development of integrated plant in South Wales, South Yorkshire, Scunthorpe and Teeside. Privatised in 1988 as British Steel Plc. Merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens of Netherlands in 1999 to created Corus Group. Subsequently acquired by Tata Steel 2007Publications:
- ' Iron and steel state industry in the UK and Italy' in F Amatori, R Millward & P A Toninelli (eds), Reappraising State Owned Enterprise. A comparison of the UK and Italy by Ranieri, Ruggero
- Accounting for British Steel. A financial analysis of the failure of the British Steel Corporation, 1967-80, and who was to blame by Bryer, Robert A, T J Brignall & A R Maunders
- 'British Steel, 1983-6' in B Haslam, An Industrial Cocktail by Haslam, Bob
- British Steel. An industry between the state and the private sector by Abromeit, Heidrun
- British Steel Corp. Probably the biggest turnaround story in UK industrial history by Pandit, Naresh R
- British Steel Research Achievements, 1970-1990 by Scholes, Peter H
- British Steel Under Privatisation by Unknown
- Contemporary Political Economy of the British Steel Industry by Morley, J B
- Giant with Feet of Clay. The British Steel Industry, 1945-1981 by Cottrell, Elizabeth
- Human Face of Change. Social responsibility and rationalization at British Steel by Kerr, John
- Management of Change. The British Steel Corp, 1967-1989. An analysis of the management perspective by Venn, S
- Politics and Steel in Britain, 1967-1988. The life and times of the British Steel Corp by Dudley, Geoffrey F, & Jeremy J Richardson
- Privatisation and Performance. A study of the British steel industry under public and private ownership by Parker, David, & Hsueh Liang Wu
- Privatisation of the British Steel Corp by Aylen, Jonathan
- 'Privatising British Steel' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 2. Popular capitalism, 1987-97 by Parker, David
- 'Sir Robert Scholey, chairman, British Steel' in C Simcock, Head for Business. How Britain's top business leaders continue to succeed by Simcock, Corinne
- 'Steel and the state in Italy and the UK. The public sector of the steel industry in comparative perspective, 1945-96' in W Feldenkirchen & T Gourvish (eds), European Yearbook of Business History. Vol. 2, 1999 by Ranieri, Ruggero
- 'Steel' in K D George & L Mainwaring (eds), The Welsh Economy by Baber, Colin, & Lynn Mainwaring
- Twenty Years of Nationalisation. The British experience by Kelf-Cohen, R
- Wales Is Closed. The quiet privatisation of British Steel by Fevre, Ralph