(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130129-belgium-layoff-protest-nj-01.photoblog600.jpg)Laurent Dubrule / ReutersArcelor Mittal workers from several Liege steel plants clash with riot policemen during a demonstration outside the Walloon Region parliament in Namur on Jan. 29. Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel producer, plans to shut a coke plant and six finishing lines at its site in Liege, Belgium, affecting 1,300 employees, the group said last week.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130129-belgium-layoff-protest-nj-04.photoblog600.jpg)Yves Herman / ReutersArcelor Mittal workers from several Liege steel plants clash with riot policemen during a demonstration outside the Walloon Region parliament in Namur on Jan. 29.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130129-belgium-layoff-protest-nj-03.photoblog600.jpg)Geert Vanden Wijngaert / APA steel worker from ArcelorMittal in Liege, Belgium, comforts a colleague during a protest near the Walloon Minister President's office in Namur, Belgium, on Jan. 29. The world's leading steel and mining company ArcelorMittal announced Thursday it will close a coke plant and six production lines in Belgium, in a move that threatens 1,300 jobs.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130129-belgium-layoff-protest-nj-02.photoblog600.jpg)Laurent Dubrule / ReutersArcelor Mittal workers from several Liege steel plants clash with riot policemen during a demonstration outside the Walloon Region parliament in Namur on Jan. 29.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130129-belgium-layoff-protest-nj-05.photoblog600.jpg)Laurent Dubrule / ReutersArcelor Mittal workers from several Liege argue with riot policemen during a demonstration outside the Walloon Region parliament in Namur on Jan. 29.Related: Belgian steel workers clash with police over job losses (http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50586710)
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