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Global energy giant ExxonMobil will close its manufacturing plant in Fife, the company has announced.
The Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran – which produces the base material for plastics – is expected to shut in February.
According to the company, 179 directly employed jobs will be at risk, along with 250 contractors, with the possibility of 50 staff transferring to the Fawley Petrochemical Complex almost 500 miles away in Hampshire.
In a statement, the firm said: “We plan to shut down our Fi
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