The US government has granted aid to workers at Alcoa’s Intalco aluminium smelter in Washington state, after they complained that Chinese dumping threatened their jobs, according to a federal ruling.
The US Department of Labour (DOL) granted Trade Adjustment Assistance to the 500 workers at the 279 000 t/y facility, which is slated to suspend production at the end of the second quarter, in a letter signed late last week and published on Tuesday.
