ArcelorMittal has told Michael Gove it may be forced to 'cease operations in Britain' unless he blocks the redevelopment of Chatham Docks in a letter obtained by Sky News.
The world's second-largest steel company has warned the government that a planning verdict due this week could lead to a key division quitting the UK. Sky News has seen a letter sent by ArcelorMittal to Michael Gove, the levelling-up secretary, in which it says that a decision to allow the closure and redevelopment of part of Chatham Docks would have 'seismic adverse consequences… the British economy and multiple strategic industries'.
If the application was approved, it warned, it would 'spell the end of Chatham Docks and have a significant impact on the UK reinforcement industry, leading to serious, potentially irreversible long-term harm, with immediate consequences for the resilience and carbon intensity of the sector'. ArcelorMittal, which has operations in more than 60 countries, is an integrated steel and mining company, serving the automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging industries.
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