British Steel

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:category Companies based in North Lincolnshire
Defunct companies of the United Kingdom
Steel companies of the United Kingdom
Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1999
gptkbp:founded 1967
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Scunthorpe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Steel
gptkbp:industry gptkb:steel
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Sir_Robert_Scholey
gptkb:Sir_Ian_MacGregor
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:logo British Steel logo.svg
gptkbp:mainPlant gptkb:Llanwern_Steelworks
gptkb:Port_Talbot_Steelworks
gptkb:Scunthorpe_Steelworks
gptkb:Teesside_Steelworks
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Corus_Group
gptkbp:notableEvent merger with Koninklijke Hoogovens in 1999
nationalization in 1967
privatization in 1988
gptkbp:notableProduct steel rails
structural steel
wire rod
gptkbp:notableProject Channel Tunnel rails
High Speed 1 rails
Jubilee Line Extension rails
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 100,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:UK_Government_(until_1988)
Corus Group (after 1999)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:British_Iron_and_Steel_Federation
gptkbp:privatized 1988
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:BST
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:British_Steel_Engineering_Steels
gptkb:British_Steel_Stainless
gptkb:British_Steel_Tubes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Corus_Group
gptkbp:website https://britishsteel.co.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anthony_Stafford_Beer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4