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- noun Plural form of
potline .
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Examples
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Alcoa said it will restart idled aluminum potlines in Wenatchee and Ferndale, putting 140
Alcoa to restart idled Ferndale, Wenatchee operations | Puget Sound Business Journal 2011
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Alcoa edged up 0.2% after the aluminum giant announced plans to restart idled potlines at three aluminum smelters, a move that will create about 260 new jobs and increase its aluminum production.
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The two potlines at Tennessee Operations 'South Plant will remain in curtailment status for the same reasons they were shut down, according to Lowery.
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The smelter already is down to operating 77% of its potlines in an economicallydepressed region of southeastern Ohio.
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Besides, power is not nearly as big a part of platinum mining costs as it would be for aluminum smelting where electricity-intensive aluminum potlines convert refined alumina into aluminum metal.
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Alcoa operates the 403,000 metric ton/year facility with three potlines, which has been operating at one-third its capacity since early July when a labor dispute first began.
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In September 2008, after idling three of its six Rockdale potlines three months earlier,
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Alcoa announced earlier that the shutdowns of potlines in British Columbia and Washington State brought its staff reductions to about 13,500 and North American output curtailments by 18%.
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Aluminum smelter in Hancock County -- shut down one of its five potlines last year, reducing power demand by 100 MW, spokesman Marty Littrel said.
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Alcoa operates the 403,000 metric ton/year facility with three potlines, which has been operating at one-third its capacity since early July when a labor dispute first began.
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