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British Steel is a large British steel producer, privatised in 1988 under the Thatcher government. It merged with the Dutch steel producer Koninklijke Hoogovens and they are now known as Corus.

Corus Group website: http://www.corusgroup.com/

British Steel is also the name of a heavy metal album by Judas Priest, released in 1980.

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	British Steel expects up to 3,000 jobs to be lost after completion of its merger with Hoogovens, while the group also plans to invest in the aluminium side of the business and in Poland.
	British Steel is in discussions to acquire Sogerail, the French maker of steel for railways, from Usinor.
	British Steel is planning to spend £70m over the next two years on off-site training courses for its employees, as it prepares to introduce new working practices ahead of another major programme of redundancies.

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