The UK Government is facing increasing pressure to bail out the country’s struggling steel industry both in the wake of Covid-19 and as the necessity to transition to green methods of production become more acute. Once again, this provides ministers with an opportunity to pair the country’s economic recovery with advancing a leadership in decarbonization, with many pleading for a £250 million Clean Steel Fund to be accelerated from its scheduled release in 2023. As we’ve seen in industries from power generation to automotives, the mantra of ‘grow or die’ has fast been replaced by a ‘change or die’ alternative, with those resisting a transition to net-zero facing dismal stock market performance. The moment a clean and economically viable technology…