13 APRIL 2016www.pressandjournal.co.uk
Fears grow for future of Rio Tinto jobs in Lochaber aluminium smelter
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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Reports that a company with no connection to the aluminium industry is interested in acquiring the Rio Tinto aluminium smelter at Fort William have raised job fears.
The smelter employs 150 people and Rio Tinto is currently carrying out “a strategic review” of all its assets in Lochaber.
Highland Council has stressed the company’s importance as a major employer in the local economy, pointing out that it is seven times as significant to Lochaber as the Tata Steel works is to Lanarkshire.
Scottish Labour’s deputy leader, Alex Rowley, joined party candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Linda Stewart, and Fort William and Ardnamurchan councillor, Brian Murphy, to meet union members on Saturday this week.
The smelter employs 150 people and Rio Tinto is currently carrying out “a strategic review” of all its assets in Lochaber.
Highland Council has stressed the company’s importance as a major employer in the local economy, pointing out that it is seven times as significant to Lochaber as the Tata Steel works is to Lanarkshire.
Scottish Labour’s deputy leader, Alex Rowley, joined party candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Linda Stewart, and Fort William and Ardnamurchan councillor, Brian Murphy, to meet union members on Saturday this week.
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