workingpoor Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Coming hot on the heel's of Steelplant closures & layoffs at Clydebridge & Dalzel and the economic decline in Aberdeen with the North Sea Oil layoffs............. Workers at the aluminium smelter at Fort William have been told that the owners are reviewing its operations. The announcement from Rio Tinto said the review would include its assets in Lochaber. The plant is one of the largest employers in the area. It is thought to support more the 160 full-time jobs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35387426 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Rio Tinto presumably needs to make savings where it can ... Does Fort William have its own renewable power supplies? The area has some modest Forces of Nature. Aluminium smelting being particularly power-intensive, it's long been a major industry in Iceland (where power really is plentiful), and it probably makes more sense to site it there than anywhere in Blighty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Preacherman Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Rio Tinto presumably needs to make savings where it can ... Does Fort William have its own renewable power supplies? The area has some modest Forces of Nature. Aluminium smelting being particularly power-intensive, it's long been a major industry in Iceland (where power really is plentiful), and it probably makes more sense to site it there than anywhere in Blighty. There's a hydroelectric power station powering the plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushblairandbrown Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Not directly related to the thread title but more job rumours. Someone on my very packed train home this evening was saying they'd heard 700 network rail staff in London were being made redundant. Disclaimer: pure hearsay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 2 hours ago, richc said: stop wasting your time here!!! Have the unemplyed Ea's retrained as account hackers, after a cheap Romanian holiday ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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