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Old 31-03-2016, 09:42   #58
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Re: Here we go again - Port Talbot to axe 1,000 steel jobs

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Originally Posted by Osem View Post
Someone please tell me who's going to want to buy expensive British made steel knowing they'll have to pass on the extra costs of that to the consumer and end user who in many cases will simply decide to shop elsewhere.
I wondered that, considering steel would be needed for HS2, Crossrail 3, a successor to trident and many other things if the Government would find enough business in it's own infrastructure projects? It may be cheaper to import steel but might not be cheaper once you factor in the cost of losing jobs.

That said they seem to be losing so much money at PT that it may be cheaper to buy steel elsewhere and pay off thousands of workers for life than keep it going. I don't really know.
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