ArcelorMittal South Africa will wind down its long-steel works, which means that about 3 500 jobs in the industry will be cut. Closing its long-steel works will happen despite government trying to intervene over the past few months and the downstream industry holding a crisis meeting a year ago to determine an urgent plan of action to prevent the imminent closure of the plants. Thabiso Kotane speaks to Emfuleni Local Municipality MMC for Finance, Hassan Mako. 

<p>ArcelorMittal South Africa will wind down its long-steel works, which means that about 3 500 jobs in the industry will be cut. Closing its long-steel works will happen despite government trying to intervene over the past few months and the downstream industry holding a crisis meeting a year ago to determine&nbsp;an urgent plan of action to prevent the imminent closure of the plants. Thabiso Kotane speaks to Emfuleni Local Municipality MMC for Finance, Hassan Mako.&nbsp;</p>

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