Thursday, May 24, 2007

Power cuts hit Billiton African aluminium smelters

(Reuters) - Power cuts in recent days have hit three southern African aluminium smelters operated by BHP Billiton and more cuts are expected due to peak winter electricity demand, the mining group said on Thursday.

The firm, the world's biggest mining group, operates the Hillside and Bayside aluminium smelters in South Africa and Mozal in Mozambique.


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