Business Digest

OHIO

Severstal to restart mill in Yorkville

WHEELING, W.Va. — Severstal Wheeling Inc. says its cold-rolling mill in Yorkville, Ohio, is resuming operations in mid-December.

Severstal idled the mill in June and plans to restart it Dec. 13. The company says the number of employees who will be recalled will vary with production demands.

The company says demand for cold-rolled and coated-steel products is increasing. A Severstal mill in Warren remains idle, with more than 1,000 workers laid off.

Additional $4.4M to help laid-off workers

WILMINGTON — The federal government has come through with an additional $4.4 million to help workers in southwest Ohio hurt by the relocation of DHL shipping operations.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said in a statement Thursday that the funding will provide retraining and re-employment services for hundreds of people laid off at Wilmington Air Park.

Package delivery company DHL Express recently closed its air-shipping facility in Wilmington and moved it to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, more than 50 miles away. As a result, most of the 8,000 Wilmington Air Park employees have lost their jobs.

Associated Press