LONDON: After six years of lying idle the Alumar aluminium smelter in Brazil is about to restart operations.
Alcoa, which owns a 60% stake in the joint venture plant, said on Monday it will reactivate its 268,000-tonne-per-year share with first metal due in the second quarter and full capacity timed for the fourth quarter of next year.
The resurrection of the Sao Luis smelter is a sign of the changed times in the global aluminium market.
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