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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.10 - Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2012, Case number: 10
800 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 June 2012
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Mechel Campia Turzii, a Romanian manufacturer of basic iron, steel and of ferro-alloys, notified the county agency for employment of its intention to dismiss 308 people by the end of July 2012.
This is the first step of a restructuring programme that will involve a total of 800 collective dismissals. They will become effective by the end of 2012.
Currently the company employs over 1,800 people in Romania.
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