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17. Steel tycoon Mittal hits out at ‘irrational’ French minister

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Thu Dec 13, 2012, 11:19 AM

Dec 2012

http://www.france24.com/en/20121213-france-french-irrational-mittal-montebourg-steel-florange

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal spoke of his shock on Thursday at being told he was “not welcome in France” by a French minister. Mittal said a government threat to nationalise his steel plant would have been a “giant leap backwards” for France.

Global steel giant Lakshmi Mittal expressed his surprise on Thursday at his treatment at the hands of an “irrational” French government minister who had told him his company was no longer welcome in France.

Last month France’s outspoken minister for industrial recovery, Arnaud Montebourg, attacked Mittal over his company’s controversial decision to close two blast furnaces in Florange, eastern France, with the loss of around 630 jobs.

Montebourg, known for being a loose cannon, slammed ArcelorMittal for not respecting France and said it was “no longer welcome" in the country.

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