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One of nation's only aluminum smelters set to close in Missouri Bootheel kttn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kttn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The second-largest U.S. aluminum smelter in southeast Missouri will not require "most employees" after curtailing its operations by Jan. 28, according to a local news report on Wednesday citing a letter from plant management. "Due to abnormally cold weather, our operations have been severely impaired to the point where they cannot be restored while running," the Heartland News report cited the letter from Magnitude 7 Metals Llc as saying. The 263,000 tonne-a-year smelter in Missouri's New Madrid county restarted in mid-2018 after Swiss-based ARG International AG, led by former Glencore trader Matt Lucke, bought it out of bankruptcy from Noranda. ....
Read more about how one of the last five aluminium smelters in the United States – Magnitude 7 Metals LLC smelter in Marston, Missouri – is considering closing ....