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EVRAZ Announces Plant Closing in Claymont

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With demand for its products down, EVRAZ says it is suspending operation at its plant in Claymont.

WDEL radio reports that 375 workers will spend the next two months processing and shipping existing orders, then they will be laid off.

Work done here will be shifted to EVRAZ facilities in Portland, Oregon and Regina, Saskatchewan.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.