[Phoenix8]

I lived about 1/2 my life 10 miles from there as the crow flies. My son in laws mother made a career there as well as her passed ex husband. Hawesville is going to be slammed in terms of income/economic activity, these were high paying jobs with benefits. The next town with any real number of jobs is Owensboro over a 1/2 hour drive away.

I wonder if this is a blip or another sign of a very significant recession approaching?

[EEGator]

Is this where they produce a form of aluminum for military applications?

[texas booster]

It certainly points to the reality that energy costs are a major burden for many companies.

Smelted aluminum is expensive in terms of electricity used to melt it and form it.

Its one reason why the most successful recycling program is for aluminum - it is frozen electricity.

Will it reopen?

Not with current baseline electrical costs.

[exnavy]

Going to hit us all. Democrat policies suck.

[Taxman]

Is Atlas Shrugging?

[FlingWingFlyer]

The Brandon Administration! Sacrificing jobs for “climate change”. I thought the liberals said they wanted to change the climate.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I wonder if this is a blip or another sign of a very significant recession approaching?

Klaus Schwab already told us the answer to that question.

[Seruzawa]

[NWFree]

President Retard did that - screw up America better 🤪

[Nateman]

Aluminum use to be a rare metal. When Napoleon fed royalty the lower ranks ranks ate off of plates made out of mere gold. The highest ranking , however ,had Aluminum plates! It takes a lot of energy to extract Aluminum from Bauxite. You can see that in reverse with the explosive power of Thermite.

[henkster]

In 2002, there were over 20 aluminum smelters in the USA. With the closure of this plant (and I do not expect it to reopen), I believe there are now just 3.

[PIF]

May throw a kink in the Navy’s shipbuilding plans - the company made military grade aluminum.

[Perseverando]

Boots on the Ground....June 23th....Layoffs are starting.

[PeterPrinciple]

It takes a lot of energy to produce aluminum. Reinforced paper mache will work as a good substitute.

[libertylover]

Oooooh, that’s a big hit to a small town.

[elpadre]

the Lewisport rolling mill is a major user of energy also and I suspect may soon be in trouble.

[heavy metal]

wonder how this will affect ford pickup truck production...

[Flaming Conservative]

Is this business actually owned by Americans, or is it really owned by the Chinese? (serious question. I would like to know.)