Disused railway tracks on Thamesteel site
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Image: © John Baker Taken: 7 Oct 2012
Looking across Brielle Way. Thamesteel voluntarily entered administration on 25 January 2012 several weeks after halting production at its plant. Around 350 workers were made redundant as a result of the move with just 50 kept on to maintain the plant. On 8 June 2012, it was announced that Thamesteel had been sold out of administration to a new company owned by Al-Tuwairqi Group (ATG), joint administrators for the Sheerness steel producer http://processengineering.theengineer.co.uk/sheerness-steel-plant-to-restart-as-thamesteel-exits-administration/1012865.article See https://www.bcd-urbex.com/thamesteel-steel-works-sheerness-uk/ for a history of the site.