Hopes of embattled British Steel being sold in its entirety look to be dwindling with buyers increasingly seeking to carve off pieces of the insolvent business.

French engineering group Systra is reported to be interested in snapping up TSP Projects, a design consultancy owned by British Steel, according to Sky News. TSP is a wholly owned consultancy with expertise in the transport sector.

And Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s metals and mining group Evraz is reported to be considering a deal where it would buy industrial businesses in France controlled by British Steel, according to the Financial Times. The operation being targeted supply rail to the country’s SNCF train operator.

The two foreign companies are just the latest names to join the list of those mulling bids for British Steel, which was placed into compulsory liquidation under the oversight of the Official Receiver in late May.

The Scunthorpe-based business entered insolvency after talks between owner Greybull and the Government failed to secure a taxpayer-funded bail-out.