Alcan, Kitimat talk

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i LAST WEEK’S meeting
a . between Alcan and Kitimat:
ao city representatives will not
ao. be the last say both'sides as : ©
4H they wrestle with the future,
oO - 6f the company’s ‘aluminum
ra _ smelting operations..
"The two parties: have
J been | at'odds over Alcan’s
q _ “planned use of the power it
y's generates at its Kemano hy-
& ..- dro-electric facility. © |
: - The January 18 meeting - -
4 ° . ‘held in the Northwest Com-
a .° munity. College — portable , wf
-— -'was the first time Marco — j j
4 5°... Palmieri, president of Alcan ‘Rick Wozney
4.” Primary Metal Asia Pacific, — start date’ yet.
Hoo had met formally’ with: the Noting a modernized
a); city. - smelter would see a reduc-

ace

Also attending the talks: tion in employees from

ut Works manager Paul Hen- Palmieri said Alcan would
“oi ning and vice-president of _ work with the city: to find

=) " corporate, affairs and com- ways to economically di-
f munications Erik Ryan. — versify Kitimat in order to

. Representing the city replace those lost jobs.

.@ were mayor Rick Wozney, “When asked what these '
Bo, all council except for Mario jobs. might be, he: admitted ©
1°. Feldhoff - he did not attend © he was unsure.

De "due to a conflict of interest -’ But, he ‘stressed’ ‘that in-
“Bs as an Alcan. employee. - and order’ for: modernization to’

a municipal manager Trafford occur in the first place, it

(f° Hall." _» ‘will need the support of all
re Palmieri. said ‘Alcan had , levels of government. _

. , ° ‘brought up plant moderniza- ~ Wozney replied that plant,

ra - tion for discussion. modernization cannot begin
ws _. “We need to modernize _ until the issue of power sales

yp the Kitimat smelter,” he ex- __ is dealt with. ’
fo, plained. “We want to. have. - “I’m not sure what’ the
ie -Sstate-of- the-art. . technol- definition of modernization

a ogy and we. want to have a is,’ he explained. “There’s -
a ' smelter. that would last: 35, the issue of what size the
h 7 40 years more.” _- smelter is going to be.”
a Palmieri’ said it would If all power was dedicat-
2. " take four to six years to. ed to aluminum production,
a ‘complete the project which the upgraded smelier would
‘« .. would create 3,000 tempo- take on a much different
To") rary construction jobs. _ look than if power sales con- .

1 However, ‘there was no tinued, he pointed. out.

Von -'RCMP MADE several pot other marijuana seizure and:
Fe seizures at the turn off to | caught an impaired driver at”
OO - Shames Mountain on its Jan. 8:55 a.m. .
te - 13 opening day. “A warning to those who :
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a against two people from . night before: you need time
= Prince Rupert and three alone to get rid of alcohol

to. from Terrace but theirnames in your system, ” Swanson
197 | _ were taken; says Const. Gary -.. said...

“Hi, Swahson’of the local high- . The’ man “charged: ‘with
a] 7 way patrol which had set up impaired driving said he fin-
Soo a seat-belt check point. ished drinking at 2:30 a.m.

The following day, the -but nearly six hours later
same officers made an- was still impaired, Swanson

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* gave Palmieri a presentation
‘spective, Wozney said.

~ for Alcan was Kitimat ° the current 1,500 to 1,000,.-

. although the tone of this ses-
solutions:

, worked out.

: for the second round of talks,

be held here. --

"can reach a mutual agree-  ¥
-ment on the power sales is- -

_power sales | issue through -
: the courts.

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sisted, “Alcan:has' the right
to sell power and we plan | to.
continue to do that.”

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sion was cordial, it’ was also
only the first step.

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“I was encouraged by the
fact two Alcan reps came out .
here to Kitimat,” Wozney
said: He: added the. city: of-
fered to.meet in. Vancouver

but Palmieri insisted that too.

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