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Demolition of last Northwest aluminum smelter signals end of an industrial era

  • Tom Banse

This article was first published by Salish Current. Aluminum maker Alcoa has started to demolish its sprawling Intalco smelter west of Ferndale. The multiyear demolition and cleanup project snuffs out any lingering hopes of reviving aluminum production in Washington and bringing back the hundreds of union jobs that disappeared when the smelter shut down in 2020. […]