Alcan plans fresh Coega study

ED RICHARDSON CANADIAN ALUMINIUM giant Alcan will conduct a new feasibility study into the construction of a smelter in Coega. Both the South African government and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) are assisting with the study, according to a statement issued by Alcan in Montreal, Canada. Alcan took over the Coega aluminium smelter project when it bought French firm Aluminium Pechiney at the end of last year.