Two companies express interest in shuttered Ferndale aluminum smelter
Should the smelter reopen, it could bring up to 1,000 jobs back to the community, more than replacing the 700 jobs lost when the smelter originally closed.
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Should the smelter reopen, it could bring up to 1,000 jobs back to the community, more than replacing the 700 jobs lost when the smelter originally closed.
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Port Economic Director Don Goldberg says Alcoa, which owns the facility, is in talks with a company that would reopen it as an aluminum smelter and another that could use it to produce steel from scrap metal.
Commissioner Andy Dance wanted to add some parameters for performance reviews to her contract, but was in the minority.
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