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The Chinese British owner Steel rejected a 500 million pounds of off -sterling from the UK government to help transform into more green production, in a move that would raise concerns about the future of one of the largest steel industry companies in Britain.

Sarah Jones, Minister of Energy, told the Committee for the House of Commons on Wednesday that the government made the offer British steel owner Jenji On Monday to maintain its operations, it was rejected.

Jingye sent a message to the government on Wednesday, in which it refused the approach, according to the people familiar with the situation.

The people said that the Ministry of Treasury offered 500 million pounds to try to maintain business, given the strategic importance of Britain’s steel industry.

Jones said that the government “is still talking largely with British Steel, every day,” but the development will suspect in the future of thousands of jobs at the company’s leading website in Scunthorpe in Lincolnchy.

British steel is working on the last two remaining ovens in the United Kingdom after the Indian -owned Tata Steel Close the last In September.

British steel did not immediately respond to the request for comment.