Alcoa to lay off more than 600 workers in Rockdale

From Austin Business Journal, September 30, 2008...

Alcoa Inc. says it will lay off 660 workers at its Rockdale plant because of power supply issues and “current market conditions.”

Pittsburgh-based Alcoa (NYSE: AA) said Tuesday that the aluminum smelting plant in the community Northeast of Austin on State Highway 79 has suffered from power supply disruptions. The company says that despite talks with its utility provider, Luminant, it has not reached a resolution on the issue and is suing Luminant.

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