Some Good News For British Jobs,

from Thailand,

where we and Tata could not make a go of it Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) of Thailand are confidant they can and they have, steelmaking resumes at one of the UK’s biggest steel plants, in Teesside, after the blast furnace was relit, SSI bought the Teesside Cast Products plant from Indian firm Tata a year ago for around £400 million, rescuing the site from the prospect of closure, around 1,700 workers are now employed on the site and the figure will increase to 1,800,


Redcar will produce steel slab, much of which will be exported to Thailand or sold on the open market for industries includes the automotive sector, the move marks the resumption of steel making on Teesside following the mothballing of the plant in February 2010, well done SSI of Thailand!