Georgetown steel mill to shut down

GEORGETOWN — The steel mill is shutting down and laying off 242 workers until the market improves.

ArcelorMittal said the shutdown is part of its move to temporarily cut global production of steel by 45 percent.

Company spokesman Adam Warrington says the steel company is working with the local United Steelworkers to help the workers and their families make it through the shutdown and hopes to bring many of the employees back whenever the mill reopens.

The mill also shut down for more than a month at the end of 2008 because of a steep decline in orders.

The Georgetown mill makes wire that goes into tires and components for appliances.

ArcelorMittal operates in more than 60 countries.