Letting Alcoa's Portland smelter go under no longer a political option

By Josh Gordon
Updated January 16 2017 - 7:13pm, first published 6:08pm
Alcoa's Portland smelter is struggling with high energy costs and low aluminium prices. Photo: Joe Armao
Alcoa's Portland smelter is struggling with high energy costs and low aluminium prices. Photo: Joe Armao

Six years ago, the Brumby government warned Alcoa would not be getting any more public cash when a long-standing contract supplying cheap power to its Portland smelter ended in 2016.

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