1 12 MINERALS YEARBOOK 1985 
 
 In November National Southwire Alumi cents per pound or below Between 62
cents num Co announced that it would petition and 72 cents there would be
no discount, the Kentucky Public Service Commission to and above 72 cents
Alumax would repay reduce the cost from 28 to 22 mills/kW~h the cost discount
Durmg the period 1991 for power it purchases from the Big Rivers through
1993 Alumax would be obligated to Electric Corp Henderson KY for the repay
the discounts 
172 000 ton per year Hawesville KY smelt The expansion of the Reynolds extrusion
er National Southwire reportedly alleged plant at Torrance CA including the
instal that Big Rivers is paying too much for coal lation of a new 3 150
ton extrusion press National Southwire also indicated that it was completed
in October The expansion could be subsidizing the Alcan 163 000 ton and modernization
project increased the per year Sebree KY smelter power pay annual capacity
of the plant from 12000 to ments as a result of an Alcan Big Rivers 21 500
tons The new press is computer agreement for linking power costs to the controlled
and is capable of producing seam London Metal Exchange (LME) price for less
tubing After a 2 1/2 month strike metal Other factors affecting Big Rivers
production resumed at Reynolds aluminum was the notification by the Rural
Electrifi extrusion plant in Grand Rapids MI fol cation Administration (REA)
that the utih lowing ratification of a new contract by the ty was to pay
back $1 1 billion in loans 350 hourly workers 
obtained from REA since 1961 Big Rivers National Aluminum Corp a subsidiary
of was further saddled with a $756 million National Intergroup Inc announced
plans debt for a coal fired powerplant it does not to construct a new extrusion
plant m An need About 75% of the power sold by Big niston AL The plant would
contam several Rivers was purchased by the National extrusion presses and
a paint line and was Southwire Hawesville and Alcan Sebree expected to be
operational by fall 1986 smelters and discussions among all parties National
Aluminum has other extrusion concerned were expected to be long and plants
at Murraysville PA and Indianapodetailed The ultimate operations of the two
liz IN 
smelters could rest on the final decisions on Mitsubishi Aluminium Co of
Japan and power rates Thermal Components Inc Montgomery 
 Alumax in November requested a re- AL announced the formation of an equity
hearing on the September 1 ruling by the joint venture Thermalex Inc to construct
Maryland Public Service Commission that a new 36000 ton per year aluminum
extru allowed Potomac Edison Co to increase sion plant at Thermal Components
facility power costs for the 160 000 ton per year in Montgomery The plant
including a Eastalco smelter at Frederick MD A rate 1 650 ton press heating
furnace and relat increase from 24 to 24 8 mills/kW*h was ed equipment was
expected to be transfer granted Potomac Edison and an addition red from Mitsubishi
Corp s Fuji Shizuoka al increase to 26.4 mills/kW*h to cover Prefecture,
plant~ for installation at the charges associated with the startup of a new
Montgomery facility. Production was expower station was under consideration.
In pected by the summer of 1986. 
December, Alumax signed an agreement Pechiney Corp., the U.S. subsidiary
of with the State-owned South Carolina San- Pechiney, France, was to acquire
Internatee Cooper Power Co. electric utility to tional Container Corp.'s
aluminum aerosol reduce the power rate for the 181,000-ton- can mill at Waterbury,
CT. A new company, per-year Mount Holly, SC, smelter from Pechiney-Cebal
Corp., would operate the 32.9 mills/kW*h to a low of 26 mills/kW*h mill as
a subsidiary of Pechiney Corp. The in the years 1986 to 1991 based on the
mill had an annual capacity of 30 million market price of aluminum ingot.
The agree- aerosol cans but was expected to be expandment followed a decision
by Santee Cooper ed to a capacity of 60 million cans. 
that granted Mount Holly a decrease to 30 Alcan Cable, a division of Alcan
Alumimills/kW*h for the fiscal year beginning num, announced the $600,000
expansion July 1. According to the agreement, Alu- and modernization of its
aluminum cable max must operate the smelter at 290 MW, facility at Williamsport,
PA. The expansion to receive a 26-mill/kW*h rate, otherwise included a new
metal processing furnace the rate would increase proportionally with and
related equipment. Nichols-Homea decrease in demand to 243 MW. Further- shield,
Aurora, IL, announced the expanmore, the discount would only apply when sion
of its aluminum wire operations in the average monthly market price is 62
Florence, AL, by consolidating production