French Steel Plant

• French minister threatens trade curbs on ArcelorMittal

  France's industry minister said on Wednesday the European Union could extend tariffs on cut-price steel imports, a riposte to ArcelorMittal after the Indian steelmaker vowed to press ahead with plant closures and job cuts.

• Lakshmi Mittal vows to keep his end of the bargain on French plant

  ArcelorMittal chief Lakshmi Mittal on Thursday vowed to keep all his commitments on a French steel plant that Paris had threatened to nationalise, a move he said had created ripples worldwide.

• Francois Hollande defends ArcelorMittal deal as unions seethe

  French President Francois Hollande said he would personally guarantee that steel multinational ArcelorMittal stood by a commitment to keep jobs at a plant threatened with closure as angry trade unionists threatened strike action.

• Tension mounts over Mittal plant facing French takeover

  Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and the French government sought a last-ditch solution on Friday on the eve of the expiry of his deadline to the state to find a new buyer for a plant it has threatened to nationalise.