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The Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter was an industrial facility near Ashington, Northumberland, on the coast of North East England, 0.65 mi (1.05 km) south of the village of Lynemouth. The smelter was owned by the Canadian aluminium company Alcan , which is part of Rio Tinto .
Mar 29, 2012 · Rio Tinto Alcan, which owns the plant at Lynemouth, announced plans to close the site in November. At 14:00 BST the power was turned off in a "low key" fashion, marking the end of smelting at the ...
Mar 6, 2012 · RIO Tinto Alcan has this morning announced the closure of its Lynemouth aluminium smelter in Northumberland. The plant will close on March 29 with 323 of the 515 staff to be made redundant in May.
Jun 13, 2016 · Owners Rio Tinto Alcan mothballed the plant in Lynemouth in 2011 due to the high cost of energy, with the loss of 515 jobs. Work to decommission the site has been carried out since 2012.
Nov 25, 2011 · The news that Rio Tinto Alcan is closing the Lynemouth aluminium smelter in north-east England marks the end of a chapter that began more than 40 years ago. The scene then is set by the following quote from my book Corner: “Two further specific factors concerning the UK were part of the picture.
Jun 13, 2016 · The Alcan Tower in Lynemouth is demolished Since the sale, Rio Tinto has completed decommissioning of the Lynemouth site, which was once the base of Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer.
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Mar 6, 2012 · A Northumberland aluminium smelting plant which employs more than 500 people, is to close. Rio Tinto Alcan, which owns the plant at Lynemouth, announced plans to close the site in November and a ...
