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US tariffs encourage aluminium manufacturing, but Oklahoma smelter faces opposition
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The US' push to rebuild its domestic aluminium industry has been underway for years, with tariffs playing a central role in the strategy. But as Washington tries to attract new smelting investment, opposition to a major proposed project in Oklahoma is raising questions about how easily the country can expand its aluminium capacity. The Section 232 tariffs, introduced in March 2018, were aimed at reducing US dependence on imported aluminium, which the government viewed as a national security r ...
US aluminium revival puts Alcoa, Kaiser and Century in focus
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The US aluminium industry is showing signs of recovery after years of declining domestic primary production, with tariff support, new investment and the restart of idled capacity creating opportunities across the value chain. Century Aluminum’s Mount Holly smelter in South Carolina has returned to full production after the company restarted more than 50,000 metric tonnes of previously idled capacity. The restart lifted total US primary aluminium output by nearly 10 per cent and brought the pl ...

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Jamalco has switched on a new power turbine at its Jamaican alumina refinery, allowing the plant to generate all its electricity independently of the national grid and potentially cut production costs by around USD 28 million a year.  Jamalco has taken a major step towards reducing the cost of producing alumina after bringing a new power-generation turbine online at its refinery in Clarendon, Jamaica. The turbine, known as TG4, allows the refinery to generate all of its own electricity, redu ...
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