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Alcoa slashes capacity as it fights to control costs

ALUMINIUM major Alcoa plans to shut down 12% of its global smelting capacity as it grapples to lower costs and improve its competitiveness to combat prevailing low prices.

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Alcoa slashes capacity as it fights to control costs

The US-based company will permanently close its smelter in Alcoa, Tennessee, which was curtailed in 2009, along with two of the six idled potlines at its Rockdale, Texas smelter. This will effectively...

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