EXPLOSION INJURES FIVE AT A STEEL PLANT IN ZENICA

ZENICA, Bosnia (July 18,2008) - Five workers have been injured in an explosion at a Bosnian steelworks majority owned by Arcelor-Mittal (MT), a company official said today.

"The explosion occurred...at the blast furnace" of the plant in the central town of Zenica on Thursday night, the steelworks' spokeswoman, Slobodanka Lizdek said.

"We still don't know what caused the accident," she said, adding that an investigation had been launched into the cause of the explosion.

Arcelor-Mittal is the world's biggest steelmaker. In 2004, the company bought a majority stake in the Zenica plant, which currently produces 220,000 metric tons of steel a year.
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