Workers at South Africa steel plant protest over planned closure Workers facing retrenchment gather outside the gates of ArcelorMittal’s steel plant in Saldanha, a small community 175km from Cape Town, demanding the plant remain operational after it was announced last week that the facility would begin the process of shutting down. The closing down of the operation would mean extensive job losses in this small West Coast town which is heavily dependent on work provided by the plant. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES