STEELMAKER Corus today announced an investment of £4.4m in part of its North-East operations.

Corus' beam mill at Lackenby, Teesside, which makes beams and columns to be used in buildings, will be modernised as part of the steel giant's Restoring Success programme.

The company said 98 jobs out of 510 at the beam mill would have to go as manufacturing processes were modernised.

Corus, and its subsidiary company Teesside Cast Products, employs almost 3,000 people in the Tees Valley.

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