Employees of the oil refinery of Swiss firm Petroplus gathered in Petit-Couronne, near Rouen, north-western France, yesterday, after a general assembly. Petroplus, Europe’s largest independent oil refiner, yesterday began the temporary economic shutdown of the refinery following the announcement that banks had frozen about $1 billion in uncommitted credit lines deemed “critical” to maintain its operations.

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