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| Metal plant 'to close next month' | Metal plant 'to close next month' |
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| Smelting operations at Anglesey Aluminium will come to an end in September leading to 300 job losses, it has been confirmed. | |
| The firm said a viable solution could not be reached to save the site. | The firm said a viable solution could not be reached to save the site. |
| The UK government had made a £50m offer in the hope of saving the Holyhead plant and Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said he was "bitterly disappointed". | The UK government had made a £50m offer in the hope of saving the Holyhead plant and Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said he was "bitterly disappointed". |
| The company had wanted an extension of its deal to buy electricity cheaply from the nearby Wylfa power station. | The company had wanted an extension of its deal to buy electricity cheaply from the nearby Wylfa power station. |
| Gwilym Owen of the Unite union said they were only told the news this afternoon. | Gwilym Owen of the Unite union said they were only told the news this afternoon. |
| "This news is very disappointing after so much work and effort was put into keeping operations here. The most disappointing thing of all is that we were so close to getting an agreement." | "This news is very disappointing after so much work and effort was put into keeping operations here. The most disappointing thing of all is that we were so close to getting an agreement." |
| Ynys Mon MP Albert Owen said the closure would be a "devastating blow to the region's economy". | Ynys Mon MP Albert Owen said the closure would be a "devastating blow to the region's economy". |
| Mr Hain added: "We put forward an extremely generous proposal in good faith which would have provided £48m financial assistance to the plant over the next four years. | |
| "We undertook a huge amount of detailed work in a very short time to put the..package together but it was simply not possible to reach an agreement." | |
| In July, the company announced 250 redundancies, hot on the heels of 140 voluntary redundancies. | In July, the company announced 250 redundancies, hot on the heels of 140 voluntary redundancies. |
| With the plant closure, 80 people will be kept on to maintain the site. | With the plant closure, 80 people will be kept on to maintain the site. |