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Arcelor Mittal in talks over Kazakh safety fears

By Peter Marsh in London

Published: January 21 2008 18:18 | Last updated: January 21 2008 18:22

ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, is meeting trade union representatives on Tuesday in Brussels to address health and safety concerns in the wake of a recent accident in the company’s Kazakhstan operations that killed 30 people.

The discussion represents an effort by the company to press on with the standardisation of safety procedures across a group that has expanded rapidly in recent years through acquisition.

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