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Alcoa inks pact to develop Ghana's aluminum industry.(News)

Publication: American Metal Market
Publication Date: 27-JAN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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PITTSBURGH -- Ghana's struggling aluminum industry could get a shot in the arm thanks to Alcoa Inc., which has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop an integrated aluminum operation in the West African country.

Alcoa, which currently owns a 10-percent stake in the Volta in...

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...Aluminium Co. (Valco) smelter Ghana, has agreed to work with the Ghanaian government to conduct feasibility studies it expects to complete by 2006.

At that point, the two sides would negotiate definitive agreements on bauxite mining and construction of an alumina refinery, the smelter, rail...

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