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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals 24.52 - Casting of steel
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 July 2009
Employment effect (start)
20 July 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Arcelor Mittal Ostrava, a subsidiary of the world's largest steel company, is to lay off a further 300 workers out of approximately 6,000 staff within a couple of weeks. As it has been reported earlier the company already cut about 1,000 jobs since the beginning of 2009 (see fact sheet No 13080).
Sources
20 July 2009: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Arcelor Mittal, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 69301, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69301.