Earlier this year, Alcoa announced that it intends to
restart three of five potlines, totaling 161,400 tonnes of annual capacity, at its Warrick operations aluminium smelter near Evansville in the US state of Indiana.
All of the production will supply the adjacent Warrick rolling mill, which produces flat-rolled products for the food and beverage packaging industry, Alcoa said at the time.
Still, many had thought this would signal a reduced reliance on the scrap market, however, Boyle – speaking at the conference in Warsaw – said that the company...
