Power outage at Alcoa’s Warrick Operations delays restart of potline
Alcoa Corporation recently announced that as a result of a temporary power outage at the Warrick Operations smelter near Evansville, Ind., it has shut down one of the three potlines that are part of the Warrick aluminium smelter restart. The decision was made with a focus on safety and to protect the assets. Alcoa is assessing the effects of this event, including the timing of the overall restart, and will provide an update as more information is available. The annual capacity of the affected potline is around 50,000 tonnes.
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