The decision by Peugeot-PSA, a loss-making carmaker, to shut its factory at Aulnay, the first closure of a French car plant for 20 years, and to shed 8,000 jobs across the country has rocked France.

标致雪铁龙集团一直处于亏损之中，他们决定关闭在欧奈的工厂，同时裁掉8000名员工，这是二十年来第一个关闭的法国工厂。

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He was replying to a request for Titan to consider investing in a loss-making Goodyear plant in Amiens, north France.

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That makes them a dicey proposition in a fast-moving energy market like Britain's, where changes in spot power prices can transform a profitable plant into a loss-making one overnight.

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The old heavy steel-making plant at Llanwern closed with the loss of 1, 300 jobs in July 2001, although there is still a finishing mill there.

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