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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.52 - Casting of steel
9,317 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Mittal Steel Poland is reorganising its staff. Consequently, 69% of the staff shall work in production, 23% in auxiliary services and 8% in administration. Mittal Steel groups Poland's four biggest steelworks in Cracow, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec and Świętochłowice. Mittal Steel currently employs 19,728 people, but by the end of 2007 its employees should be reduced to 10,411.
Sources
5 October 2006: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Mittal Steel Poland, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 64196, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64196.
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