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Article: United Kingdom: Anglesey Aluminium plant shedding 250 jobs.
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- July 18, 2009
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Byline: sanjayV03
A FURTHER 250 workers at Anglesey Aluminium will lose their jobs, according to a joint statement released by the plant and worker's union Unite.
The 250 will be handed compulsory redundancy as the business downsizes in September, after a new power deal could not be brokered to keep the smelter operational.
As a result, aluminium production at the plant will end at the end of September.
A spokesperson for Anglesey Aluminium said: "Despite considerable efforts by Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd, Unite the Union and Governments, no solution has been found yet regarding a commercially viable power contract for the long term ...