Up to 283 jobs could be lost after fertiliser firm CF Industries announced plans to close its manufacturing facility near Ellesmere Port.
The company said it 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.
CF Fertilisers UK Limited, a subsidiary of New York stock exchange listed CF Industries Holdings, Inc, said the restructure is needed “to position the business for long-term profitability and sustainability and enable it to continue to supply fertiliser, carbon dioxide and other industrial products to its domestic customers”.
