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Gareth

@rustyiron61.bsky.social

Ex Steelworks Metallurgist.

created November 13, 2024

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Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

Correct, the refractory linings collapse, and it's game over. The cost to rebuild virtually from scratch would be multi millions. I did some work there about 10 years ago on the last refurb.

9/6/2025, 3:35:30 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

I was there and didn't see her doing much supporting.

3/6/2025, 7:30:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social tonight bizarrely, I walked past Liz the lettuce Truss at a stadium gig in Scunny. God knows what she was doing there but it made me wonder me as to what small talk one could make with her?

24/5/2025, 10:19:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Suggest all migrant workers go on strike. Simple

12/5/2025, 3:35:16 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social good luck this afternoon. Up the Iron!

3/5/2025, 11:00:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

Had thought about visiting the USA again, but now you must be joking.

30/4/2025, 9:32:38 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's not perfect, but Scunthorpe is the last one. They also have a wider product mix than PT, Rail, Sections, and Rods. Plus they supply Dalzell Plate Mill, Lackenby Beam Mill and Skinningrove Special Profiles Mill with slabs blooms and billets.

13/4/2025, 7:43:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree with all you say, for info the Jingye plan for Scunthorpe was for 1 possibly 2 EAF Furnaces and shutting the BF's. This was the 2700 job losses leaving 800 or so for EAF and our Rolling Mills. Wider more important product range at Scunny, supplying Mills in Dalzell, Lackenby and Skinningrove.

13/4/2025, 6:02:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

Scunthorpe is the last one. The PT Tata deal was done by the Tories, ask them. Scunthorpe has a wider product range than PT. Rails, Sections, Rods. Plus it supplies Slabs, Blooms and Billets to DL plate mill, Lackenby Beam mill, and Skinningrove special profiles.

13/4/2025, 5:48:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe because Scunthorpe really is the last integrated Steelworks, and it has a wider product range than Port Talbot. It also supplies slab to DL and semis to Lackenby and Skinningrove.

12/4/2025, 7:28:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Come on the Iron. We need something to lift the mood with the Steelworks bleak prospects.

5/4/2025, 8:08:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Take that, a comfortable win, move on to the next one.

29/3/2025, 8:02:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

Wells next the sea?

8/3/2025, 11:30:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hmm, not really.They sniff an opportunity to put Starmer in a difficult position.

1/3/2025, 11:37:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The new axis of evil.

25/2/2025, 10:56:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just back from a trip to Spain where we met several North Americans. Funnily 6 all said they were Canadians 🤔.

21/2/2025, 11:16:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just back from a trip to Spain, every North American we met said they were Canadian.

21/2/2025, 8:50:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Paul Scully on Newsnight suggests Brexit was a 45/50 year project. Didn't see that on the side of a bus.

31/1/2025, 11:43:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Don't forget your pint of wine.

31/1/2025, 11:37:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's time, IMO, for political parties to receive public funding, so all donations from wealthy individuals, vested interest corporations, etc, can be banned once and for all.

6/1/2025, 7:10:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gareth (@rustyiron61.bsky.social) reply parent

Why is she being platformed like this?

2/1/2025, 5:32:12 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view