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RIO Aluminium Biz to Shut Smelter

Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
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 Recently, the leading international miner Rio Tinto plc 's ( RIO ) Aluminium Business 'Rio Tinto Alcan' announced to close down the Lynemouth aluminium smelter in Northumberland, England on 29 March 2012.  After a thorough strategic review of the plant and a fair and transparent consultation process with employee representatives, the company came to the conclusion of such closure.

 
 
The company, focusing on safely decommissioning the plant, has planned to co-operate with the employees in mitigating the impact of redundancy on them and their families. Of the 515 people currently employed at the smelter, 323 may face redundancy in May 2012.
 
 
As per management, some of the activities in the smelter's carbon and casting plants will continue to operate in 2012.  The company's ship unloading facility at the Port of Blyth has also been decided to sustain operation for around 18 months. The port will also be used to store and transport raw materials for the Lochaber Smelter in the Scottish Highlands until a more permanent solution is put in place.
 
 
The company is in close contact with the customers to restrain the impact of closure on its businesses under the scope of the existing contractual agreements among both the parties. Management is also on its way of partnering with all the interested stakeholders on the future regional economic development of the Lynemouth site. Hence, on the closure of smelting operations, Rio Tinto Alcan has planned to immediately deploy Regional Economic Development (RED) program targeted toward long-term regeneration and job creation opportunities on the site.  Credible expressions of third-party interest in Lynemouth's carbon and casting plants will also be considered thereafter. The decommissioning, remediation and regional economic development will continue to maneuver with a team of around 60 employees, remaining on site beyond the closure of all operations.
 
 
Headquartered in London, UK, Rio Tinto plc is engaged in exploring, mining, and processing the earth's mineral resources, producing a broad range of metals and minerals. Rio Tinto competes against global mining giants like BHP Billiton Ltd ( BHP ) and Vale S.A ( VALE ).
 
 

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