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Aughinish Alumina, Europe’s largest alumina refinery, will be required to set aside nearly €31 million upfront to cover future closure, restoration, and environmental remediation costs under a revised agreement with Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The new arrangement replaces a greater reliance on parent company guarantees with increased upfront financial provisioning for decommissioning obligations.

[SMM Aluminum Express News] The Inola City Council has approved a 60-day moratorium on the proposed US$4 billion Oklahoma Primary Aluminum smelter to allow further assessment of its potential environmental and community impacts. The project, a joint venture between Emirates Global Aluminium (60%) and Century Aluminum (40%), would become the largest aluminum smelter in the US and the first new primary aluminum plant built in the country since 1980, with planned production capacity of 750,000 tpy.