Patrick - SV ApsaraBBC from 2019:
Business Minister Andrea Leadsom said she had met with Jingye's chairman on Monday.
"I have been given reassurances that next to all current staff will be kept and that in the medium to longer term they are likely to want to expand the workforce" she said.
The deal will give the Chinese company control of a third of the UK's steel industry. But Ms Leadsom said: "There aren't any national security issues with this acquisition."