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30th August 2015, 19:27
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Llanwern.
Llanwern steel works is closing down with the loss of 250 jobs, this will mean a big drop in freight traffic.
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2nd September 2015, 18:10
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Wasn't Llanwern the biggest strip steel mill in Europe at one time? No doubt production is being transferred to India in the interests of "Globalisation" and Tata Steels profits.
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3rd September 2015, 07:25
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The closure is being blamed on the high exchange rate of sterling, but the great and the good will tell us anything.
I think what remains of the once vast Llanwern complex has been mothballed previously and then reopened again when demand, or the economics, have been seen as more favourable. I wonder if that's the case this time as well, or is it closing for good this time
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