	thyssen sees good profit despite steel losses thyssen ag thyh f said it expects to post a good profit in despite anticipated losses in its mass steel making operations this year managing board chairman dieter spethmann told the annual meeting the group was satisfied with profit developments in the first half of the financial year to september the group s other three divisions specialty steel capital goods and trading had made a profit so far in he added spethmann said income from associate companies had also been good in early in thyssen s world group profit fell to mln marks from mln in reflecting costs linked to its steel operations the company s dividend was an unchanged five marks a thyssen spokesman told reuters that planned job cuts at subsidiary thyssen stahl ag would be higher than announced earlier total job losses by were now expected to total up to against original projections of thyssen stahl employs some people reuter 
