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Talks begin on Grangemouth's future
Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Grangemouth, December 9, 2021
A “CRITICAL” meeting on the future of Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, was convened today.
PetroIneos announced in November that it would cease production at the site by spring 2025 at the cost of around 400 jobs.
The Scottish government has come under fire from unions after it emerged that SNP Health Secretary Michael Matheson had been told of the plans by company executives in 2022.
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