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20 DECEMBER 2018 AL CIRCLE

Alcoa Corporation to cut production at a Canadian aluminium smelter

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Alcoa Corporation announced that the company will cut half of the one operating potline’s 138,000 tonnes per year capacity at the Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) smelter in Québec, Canada.

Alcoa owns 75 per cent of the aluminium smelter and Rio Tinto Alcan owns the remainder. The Bécancour aluminium smelter has nameplate capacity of 413,000 tonnes per year, across its three potlines.

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“Two of the facility’s potlines were curtailed on January 11, 2018, after union members rejected a proposed labor agreement for hourly employees. Since the lockout, ABI’s salaried employees have operated the one potline, performed maintenance, restored stability and improved metal quality, Alcoa said on Wednesday.

Alcoa said the additional curtailment is necessary to ensure continued safety and maintenance in light of recent retirements and departures. The salaried employees who remain will continue to ensure that the smelter can be ready for a potential restart.

This partial curtailment is expected to be complete by Friday, December 21, 2018.


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