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Steel giant axing 110 jobs
STAINLESS steel giant Outokumpu is to axe another 110 jobs at its melting shop in Sheffield.
The latest cuts come three months after the Finnish company announced it was cutting 50 jobs and three shifts in the same melting shop and just over six months after Outokumpu said it was axing its thin strip business at Meadowhall, with the loss of 230 jobs.
One worker told The Star: "Everyone is feeling a bit betrayed. We feel like we are the scapegoats and everything is geared towards saving jobs in Finland and Sweden.
"It always seems to be Sheffield that's targeted. People are a bit down hearted."
However, Outokumpu denies that Sheffield is being targeted. It says its plants in Finland and Sweden will also be hit and it remains committed to the city where Harry Brearley discovered stainless steel almost 100 years ago.
"Even after these job cuts, we will still have around 450 people left in Sheffield," said a spokesman.
"We will still have a melting shop capable of producing half a million tonnes of stainless steel, although operating at significantly less than that capacity, and a distribution company which has enjoyed some good investment in recent years and is by far and away the largest supplier of stainless in the UK."
At the start of the year the melting shop employed 290 workers and was operating on 18 shifts. Following the latest cuts, the plant will employ around 140 but will still be operating for 15 shifts, although it will only be melting steel for half the week.
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