The world-wide recession continues to have an negative impact on the nation's steel industry and local plants are not immune.
ArcelorMittal, the firm now running the Warren Coke Plant, has notified members of the Steelworkers Union of its latest round of cuts. The mill will cease operations indefinitely as of July 12, laying off the plant's remaining 68 hourly employees.
This comes just a week after the company unveiled plans to encourage salaried workers to take early retirement.
A spokesman tells us the decision to shut-down was difficult, but adds the company has been forced to respond to extraordinary economic conditions.
