Arcelormittal Belgium

• A Belgian steelworker's suicide note blames Lakshmi Mittal

  A Belgian steelworker facing unemployment who hanged himself at the weekend left a suicide note personally blaming Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal for closing plants across Europe, press reported today.

• Belgium considers nationalisation of ArcelorMittal plant

  ArcelorMittal said in January it would shut most facilities at the Liege site with the likely loss of around 1,300 jobs due to weakening demand for steel in Europe.

• ArcelorMittal workers clash with cops in Belgium, six injured

  Six Belgian police officers were injured in Tuesday's scuffles with some 2,000 steel workers protesting plans to lay off 1,300 workers at several ArcelorMittal plants in Liege.

• ArcelorMittal workers and police clash outside Belgium PM's house

  Some 250 steel workers from Liege's ArcelorMittal plant have scuffled with police outside the prime minister's office, a day after the leading steel and mining company announced it would close seven facilities in eastern Belgium.

• Belgian police, Mittal workers clash at prime minister's quarters

  Belgian police fired water cannon and pepper spray today at ArcelorMittal steelworkers protesting outside prime minister Elio Di Rupo's official residence ahead of crisis talks on a big wave of job cuts.

• Lakshmi Mittal uses 'blackmail' and 'lies,' French minister charges

  France's minister for industrial recovery has accused ArcelorMittal chief Lakshmi Mittal of "blackmail" and "lies", after the giant steelmaker said it would close six facilities in neighbouring Belgium.

• Lakshmi Mittal uses 'blackmail' and 'lies', French minister charges

  Blaming weak demand for cars, ArcelorMittal said it would close six cold-processing facilities in the Liege region of eastern Belgium, eliminating 1,300 jobs.

• ArcelorMittal to shut parts of Belgium plant; 1,300 jobs on the line

  World's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal today said it will close a coke plant and six production lines in Liege facility in Belgium as demand weakens further in Europe.

• ArcelorMittal to close steel plants in Belgium

  The world's leading steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has announced it will close a coke plant and six production lines in Belgium, in a move that threatens 1,300 jobs.

• After French disquiet, Mittal to invest Rs 987 crore at Belgian site

  ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, will invest Rs 987 crore (138 million euros) and preserve jobs at a Belgian site after reaching an agreement with unions and the regional government.