UK working on support for energy-intensive industries

"It's a critical situation clearly," Kwarteng (pic) told the BBC, when asked about possible factory closures.

LONDON: Britain is working out how to support energy-intensive industries hit by soaring gas prices, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday, describing the situation as critical but declining to say what action is being considered.

Producers of steel, glass, ceramics and paper and other sectors have said they may be forced to halt production unless the government does something about energy prices.