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Alcoa strike continues despite talks

THREE days of talks have failed to end a six-week strike at Alcoa’s Becanour aluminium smelter in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Tim Treadgold
Alcoa strike continues despite talks

The walk-out by 800 workers has forced Alcoa to idle two of the three potlines at Becanour, effectively cutting annual output from 400,000 tonnes to 135,000 tonnes. A union representative told Reuters...

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