Good to see that sacrifices are being made for Climate Change

[DodgyAgent]

All the lefty eco tw*ts should be pleased that people are sacrificing their jobs in order to save the planet

SSI Redcar steel plant mothballed, with the loss of 1,700 jobs - BBC News

That nasty smelly CO2 belching steel plant - get rid of it.

[DaveB]

All the lefty eco tw*ts should be pleased that people are sacrificing their jobs in order to save the planet

SSI Redcar steel plant mothballed, with the loss of 1,700 jobs - BBC News

That nasty smelly CO2 belching steel plant - get rid of it.

Even for you that's a very poor attempt at trolling. Maybe if there had actually been some mention of eco issues in the story, you'd have got a bite.

[d000hg]

Didn't it close already a few years ago? Redcar had a ridiculous swing from Labour to LibDem in the previous general election, I thought (or was it the one before that) as a result - the locals certainly felt they'd been screwed over but I can't remember the details.

[Jog On]

The company "paused" production on 18 September citing poor trading conditions and a drop in world steel prices.

Can't see anything about climate change either?

They're all self-loathing envious lefties that fit into DA's box though I'm sure.

[d000hg]

He can squeeze just about anyone into that box if he tries hard enough. Sometimes he has to chop them up to make them fit, but that's OK.

[DaveB]

Didn't it close already a few years ago? Redcar had a ridiculous swing from Labour to LibDem in the previous general election, I thought (or was it the one before that) as a result - the locals certainly felt they'd been screwed over but I can't remember the details.

Tata shut it down in 2009. Bought by a Thai company in 2011 and opened again in 2012. Same company now mothballing it.

[DodgyAgent]

Even for you that's a very poor attempt at trolling. Maybe if there had actually been some mention of eco issues in the story, you'd have got a bite.

reported by the BBC so climate change would not have been mentioned as a reason for its closure

Government

A new joint paper from UK Steel and Community is calling for fundamental reforms of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Its “Carbon Leakage” prevention measures are meant to protect sectors like steel that are both very energy intensive and highly exposed to competition from less well regulated sites overseas. But problems with the rules mean even the most efficient plants, which should receive all the ETS allowances they need for free, are short changed, damaging their competitiveness and ability to invest in new low carbon technologies.

The average costs of the EU carbon trading scheme could rise to 28 euros (£20.00) per tonne of steel by 2030. UK steel plants are trying to compete with India and China on margins as small as £5/tonne. They can’t cope now, let alone with anything near this level of ETS costs. Steel in Britain is owned by companies in Spain, India and Thailand, who will be reluctant to keep investing in plants that don’t appear to have a future.

From 2010 onwards the TUC and the Energy Intensive Industries Group have prepared report after report with evidence and more evidence highlighting these problems and yet nothing has been done, except more job losses.

[Jog On]

He can squeeze just about anyone into that box if he tries hard enough. Sometimes he has to chop them up to make them fit, but that's OK.

I can smell the sense of entitlement from here - it's sickening! How dare they lse their jobs, I suppose they expect to claim benefits now don't they...

[DimPrawn]

It's probably more to do with this:



Chinese Steel, rubbish, but cheap as chips!

[Martin Scroatman]

Only 2 things do I know about Redcar.

1) It's pronounced Redcurr.
2) A mate of mine once found a dead man floating around in the sea there.