Job threats at Corus

Posted on 17 Feb 2010 by The Manufacturer

Steelmaker Corus is set to mothball its Teesside Cast Products site, threatening to end more than 150 years of iron and steelmaking on Teesside.

The Tata Steel’s European subsidiary has told its union that steel production at large parts of the Teesside plant will stop from Friday. The shutdown is expected to result in 1,700 jobs losses. The TCP plant can produce three million metric tons of steel a year, employing 2,300 people and accounts for approximately 15% of…

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