The coke ovens and blast furnace at SSI in Redcar are to be closed after no viable offers were received from potential buyers.
SSI halted production on September 18th because of a global drop in the price of steel, and said it had "no other option".
A schoolboy has taken it upon himself to arrange a special Christmas Party for the children of the now redundant SSI steelworkers from Redcar.
9-year-old Ben Hebden goes to Westgarth Primary School in Marske.
He's had more than 500 likes on the facebook page he's set up and is fundraising to host the party for the steelworkers and their families.
Nine year old Ben Hebden heard about the job losses at the SSI steel plant and felt he had to do something about it.
With the help of other pupils he's set up a Kids Committee to arrange the event - raising more than £500 already the food, entertainment and venue already booked.
They have enlisted the help of a local party planner called Silly Steve who will DJ and organise other activities.
His teachers are very proud of Ben's achievements.
New figures show nearly a thousand people who worked for companies that supplied the SSI Redcar have been made redundant since it closed.
A new programme to help find jobs for steelworkers hit by a wave of redundancies will be chaired by the former deputy prime minister.
More than 800 jobs have been lost at Tees Valley firms that supplied the SSI steelworks in Redcar.