Alumina is primarily used as a raw material in the production of aluminum. Given the prevailing weakness in aluminum prices, Alcoa has curtailed a significant proportion of its high-cost aluminum smelting operations. With the reduction in the scale of the company's aluminum operations, the company is also reducing the scale of its alumina operations, by curtailing high cost refining capacity.
Alumina is primarily used as a raw material in the production of aluminum. Given the prevailing weakness in aluminum prices, Alcoa has curtailed a significant proportion of its high-cost aluminum smelting operations. With the reduction in the scale of the company's aluminum operations, the company is also reducing the scale of its alumina operations, by curtailing high cost refining capacity.
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