Steelworkers down tools for last time amid first wave of redundancies

Key points

• More than 250 workers at Whyalla's steelworks finish up this week, the first wave of redundancies after hundreds of jobs were cut. The state government said in September that the blast furnace would not be restarted, putting more than 600 jobs at risk.
• Some workers are weighing options including moving to Adelaide, while others are looking at mining work. At a jobs event in Whyalla, a mining services company said it was seeking 20 to 30 workers.
• Local residents fear the town's economy will suffer if people leave.