09 MAY 2011www.metalbulletin.com
Barged alumina delays leave smelters on alert
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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Severe flooding along two major Midwest waterways has ground shipments of barged alumina to a halt, forcing five of the country’s largest smelters to consider shipping alternatives and jeopardizing nearly 1.3 million tonnes of annual domestic aluminum capacity.
According to market sources, five major primary smelters—Alcoa Inc.’s Warrick Operations in Warrick, Ind.; Ormet Corp.’s facility in Hannibal, Ohio; Century Aluminum Corp.’s plant in Hawesville, Ky.; Noranda Aluminum Holding Co.’s New Madrid, Mo., smelter; and Rio Tinto Alcan’s Sebree, Ky., facility—are facing receiving delays as high water levels along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers obstruct traffic and leave bulk shipments stranded.
The flooding has been an issue for weeks, but the problem worsened for many riverside industries Friday when the U.S. Coast Guard announced plans to close a five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River to barge traffic on concerns that their wakes...
According to market sources, five major primary smelters—Alcoa Inc.’s Warrick Operations in Warrick, Ind.; Ormet Corp.’s facility in Hannibal, Ohio; Century Aluminum Corp.’s plant in Hawesville, Ky.; Noranda Aluminum Holding Co.’s New Madrid, Mo., smelter; and Rio Tinto Alcan’s Sebree, Ky., facility—are facing receiving delays as high water levels along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers obstruct traffic and leave bulk shipments stranded.
The flooding has been an issue for weeks, but the problem worsened for many riverside industries Friday when the U.S. Coast Guard announced plans to close a five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River to barge traffic on concerns that their wakes...
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