SSAB to cut contractors

MOBILE, Ala. - Swedish steel maker SSAB said it would cut contractor jobs at its Axis mill, among 1,300 across the company, responding to rapidly shrinking steel demand. The company declined to say how many jobs would be cut in Axis. The company has previously said that it has 400 employees and 350 contractors at the north Mobile County mill. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 12/09/08)