Alcoa to close aluminum smelter in Italy  [ Italy ]

Alcoa, Inc. announced that it intends to permanently close its Portovesme (Carbonia-Iglesias, Italy) primary aluminum smelter, which has been curtailed since November 2012. The closure will reduce Alcoa's global smelting capacity by 150,000 metric tons to 3.6 million metric tons per year. (From a press release on August 25, 2014)