Alcoa closing aluminum smelter, mills in Australia

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NEW YORK (AP) — Alcoa Inc. says it will close an aluminum smelter and two mills in Australia by the end of the year.

Alcoa says it has been studying options for a 50-year-old smelter in Geelong, Victoria, for two years and will close it in August. The smelter has about 500 workers.

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