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| SSI Redcar steel mill to be shut | SSI Redcar steel mill to be shut |
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| The coke ovens and blast furnace at the Redcar steelworks will close after no viable offers to buy them were received, the Insolvency Service has confirmed. | |
| The official receiver had kept the ovens alight until the weekend to allow negotiations with prospective buyers. | |
| But the receiver Ken Beasley said he could no longer spend taxpayer money on keeping them going. | |
| Local MPs have said the loss of 2,200 jobs is devastating. | |
| The works have been hands in the hands of receivers since the site's owner Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK (SSI) was wound up on 2 October. | |
| Mr Beasley, said: "I cannot continue to draw on taxpayers' funds to keep the ovens operational when there is no realistic prospect that a buyer will be found. | |
| "I am continuing my liquidation of the company, including talking with interested parties about purchasing the company's other assets. | |
| "I thank the staff who have been involved in the continued operation of the company and recognise the great efforts that have been put in and the professionalism shown by people in a time of enormous personal pressure." | |
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