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In Pictures: 'Blow for British Steel Making as TATA Mothball Redcar Plant'

By James Wray Feb 19, 2010, 17:40 GMT

In the hours before dawn, Corus Steelworks in Redcar, north east England looks at full operation 19 February 2010. However the blast furnace at Teesside Cast Products is to begin later in the day with up to 1,600 job losses. Officially the plant is being partially mothballed but union leaders being it is really closure. Corus claim the closure is temporary with the firm open to credible offers. EPA/Lindsey Parnaby

A 'closing message' from steel workers working their last shift at the Corus Steelworks in Redcar, north east Britain 19 February 2010 is written on the back doors of a vann outside the plant. Corus's teesside Cast Products plant went into mothballs later in the day although workers see it as a permanent closurre. With the mothballing go 1,600 direct jobs and thousands more indirectly. The British government continues to insist that a sale remains a possibility. Corus is presently owned by Indian steel giants TATA EPA/Lindsey Parnaby

Inside the Corus Steelworks in Redcar, north east England 19 February 2010 as steel workers complete their last shift. Corus, now owned by Indian steel giants TATA recently announced the part-closure of the Redcar plant with a loss of 1,600 jobs and thousands of redundancies world-wide after a global down-turn in steel demand following last year's recession. The British government have pledged they will do all they can to save it. EPA/Lindsey Parnaby

Families of steel workers working their last shift protest at the Corus Steelworks in Redcar, north east England 19 February 2010. Corus, now owned by Indian steel giants TATA recently announced the part-closure of the Redcar plant with a loss of 1,600 jobs and thousands of redundancies world-wide after a global down-turn in steel demand following last year's recession. The British government have pledged they will do all they can to save it.EPA PHOTO/LINDSEY PARNABY. EPA/Lindsey Parnaby

Dark clouds gather over the Corus Steelworks in Redcar, north east England 19 February 2010. Corus, now owned by Indian steel giants TATA recently announced the mothballing of the Redcar plant with a loss of 1,600 jobs and thousands of redundancies world-wide after a global down-turn in steel demand following last year's recession. The British government have pledged they will do all they can to save it. EPA/Lindsey Parnaby

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