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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jasper Jolly and agency

More than 650 jobs at risk as scrap metals giant files for liquidation

Scrap metal in a scrap yard
The scrap metals industry generates billions of pounds of revenue each year by recycling metals such as steel, aluminium and copper. Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

More than 650 workers face the prospect of redundancy after the scrap metals group Unimetals filed for compulsory liquidation.

The owners of Unimetals Recycling (UK) filed a winding-up petition for the business on Monday, after failing to find a buyer.

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