US economic woes will be resolved: Noranda

Jan 22, 2013 | 02:24 PM | Andrea Hotter

Tags  Noranda, aluminum, U.S. economy, Kip Smith, Andrea Hotter

CORONADO, Calif. — The U.S. economy is in recovery mode, and while customers are rightly cautious, the issues facing the country are not new and will be resolved, according to Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. chief executive officer Kip Smith.

"We have a very serious set of issues that have been with us before—we’ve had a debt ceiling in the past—and they’re going to have to get resolved," Smith said. "I believe it will get resolved; it’s just a question of what period of time and the mechanism, and that’s what creates the uncertainty."....





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