Rio Tinto is cutting production at its BC Works aluminium smelter in Kitimat, Canada, to just 35% of its annual capacity, after workers went on strike following failed labor contract negotiations.
That would bring production at the 432,000-tonnes-per-year smelter to just over 150,000 tonnes.The decision came after approximately 900 employees represented by Unifor Local 2301 went on strike on Sunday July 25, after weeks of failed...