BHP may close aluminium smelter in South Africa
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Mining giant BHP Billiton on Monday confirmed that it has begun a formal consultation process with the employees at its Bayside aluminium facility, in South Africa, with a view to ceasing operations.
A spokesperson for the miner told Mining Weekly Online that the company had initiated a review of the Bayside operation in September 2012, as the smelter was under “significant and ongoing financial pressure”.
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