Plenty of power available for Ky. smelter: Century

Nov 14, 2012 | 04:10 PM | Suzy Waite

Tags  Century Aluminum, Michael Bless, Big Rivers, Kenergy, Hawesville smalter, aluminum, aluminum prices, London Metal Exchange Suzy Waite

NEW YORK — Century Aluminum Co. maintains there is plenty of transmission power available for purchase on the spot market to supply its 250,000-tonne-per-year Hawesville, Ky., smelter.

"There are significant blocks of power to be bought out there," Century president and chief executive officer Michael Bless told attendees Wednesday at Dahlman Rose & Co.’s third annual Global Metals, Mining and Materials Conference in New York.....





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