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Referring to the situation as madness , Sir Andrew said: “Chinese steel dumped in the UK at below cost price has already brought the domestic industry to its knees.
Sir Andrew Cook What our steel industry needs is, frankly, a wholesale ban on Chinese-made steel. Not only is it causing the ruin of a major strategic industry, but there is a safety consideration too.
“It’s not just the hollowing out of our economy, or the replacement of skilled manual jobs with ‘noddy jobs’. There is also a critical safety issue. I know from personal experience that a Chinese steelworks mill certificate – the piece of paper attesting to the quality of the batch of steel – cannot be relied upon.