 Hadfields and its subsidiaries, bringing with them substantial losses, joined Dunford & Elliott (Sheffield) Limited's group as Dunford Hadfields Limited as of December 1967 and from 1977, once again Hadfields, it was part of Tiny Rowland's Lonrho.The over-capacity of Britain's steel industry forced 1800 employees to be made redundant from Hadfields' Leeds Road plant in June 1981 and the East Hecla workforce much reduced.Lonrho finally closed the last part of Hadfields in 1983 receiving compensation from GKN and the British Steel Corporation.