Chile's biggest steelworks sunk by cheap Chinese imports
Talcahuano, Chile (AFP) Sept 13, 2024
It's the end of an era: after 74 years the blast furnace at Chile's biggest steelmaker will be turned off on Monday, snuffed out by competition from China with the loss of thousands of jobs. For generations life in Talcahuano, a city of 160,000 inhabitants around 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Santiago, has revolved around the emblematic Huachipato steel mill. "I worked in Huachipat
It's the end of an era: after 74 years the blast furnace at Chile's biggest steelmaker will be turned off on Monday, snuffed out by competition from China with the loss of thousands of jobs. For generations life in Talcahuano, a city of 160,000 inhabitants around 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Santiago, has revolved around the emblematic Huachipato steel mill. "I worked in Huachipat