After several resounding announcements of social plans in the industry in France in recent weeks, another big name has been added to this list. The steelmaker ArcelorMittal is considering the closure of two sites in France.
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“On November 19, 2024, the management of the company ArcelorMittal Service Centers brought together the members of its CSE in order to inform them of a project to reorganize the company and adapt its production capacities. This project includes the possible shutdown of the ArcelorMittal Service Centers production sites in Reims and Denain,” ArcelorMittal France announced Tuesday evening in a brief press release.
According to the unions (CGT and CFE-CGC), contacted by AFP, this announcement would jeopardize around a hundred jobs in Reims (Marne) and around thirty in Denain (North).
ArcelorMittal Service Centers, subsidiary specializing in the wholesale trade of metals and minerals to businesses, would be “ faced with a sharp drop in activity among its industrial and automotive customers which has accelerated in recent months ”, according to the industry press release.
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Management plans to meet with social partners at the end of November « as part of the information-consultation process “. A few days earlier, thehe second largest steelmaker in the world revealed, during its quarterly results, a net profit divided by three in one year, falling to 266 million euros.
