More than 400 jobs at steel maker face axe as energy crisis grows

By Tom Lowe2023-01-13T07:00:00

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“Severe competitiveness issues” force UK’s third largest steel producer to announce restructuring plan

More than 400 jobs at British steel producer Liberty Steel face the axe due to the sector’s “severe competitiveness issues”.

The UK’s third largest steel producer said it was reducing primary production at its plant in Rotherham and idling its Newport plant, while turning another plant in Bromwich into a sales and distribution hub.

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