More than 370 jobs are set to be axed by fertiliser firm CF Industries as part of a UK restructure which would focus all manufacturing operations in the North East.
The company is proposing to close its Ince manufacturing facility near Chester, which could result in up to 283 redundancies at the site.
The firm wants to focus its manufacturing operations in the UK exclusively at the Billingham manufacturing facility in Teesside – the largest ammonia, ammonium nitrate and carbon dioxide production facility in the country.