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/ 26 March 2008

Layoffs loom for 800 smelter workers

About 800 workers face retrenchment at BHP Billiton’s Bayside aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Mziwakhe Hlangani said company management confirmed that it will be issuing final notices to the affected workers on the weekend.

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