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| Metal plant's future in spotlight | Metal plant's future in spotlight |
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| Talks are taking place to discuss the future of an aluminium plant which employs more than 500 people. | Talks are taking place to discuss the future of an aluminium plant which employs more than 500 people. |
| Anglesey Aluminium in Holyhead gets cheap power from the nearby Wylfa nuclear power station but the contract is due to end later this year. | Anglesey Aluminium in Holyhead gets cheap power from the nearby Wylfa nuclear power station but the contract is due to end later this year. |
| The company has said it needs to find an alternative supply of electricity or it will end smelting operations. | The company has said it needs to find an alternative supply of electricity or it will end smelting operations. |
| UK government ministers discuss the issue at Westminster on Wednesday, and the company's board is also meeting. | |
| The Wylfa nuclear plant is due to close in 2010 - although senior managers have said the site could be open longer - forcing Anglesey Aluminium to examine other power supply options. | The Wylfa nuclear plant is due to close in 2010 - although senior managers have said the site could be open longer - forcing Anglesey Aluminium to examine other power supply options. |
| Anglesey Aluminium's management board is expected to repeat warnings that jobs are under threat unless an alternative supply of electricity is secured. | Anglesey Aluminium's management board is expected to repeat warnings that jobs are under threat unless an alternative supply of electricity is secured. |
| The rest of the UK has companies dependent on Anglesey Aluminium Albert Owen, Ynys Mon MP | The rest of the UK has companies dependent on Anglesey Aluminium Albert Owen, Ynys Mon MP |
| The company is a key employer on the island but Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy has said hundreds more jobs around Wales would also be at risk if the factory closed. | The company is a key employer on the island but Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy has said hundreds more jobs around Wales would also be at risk if the factory closed. |
| He is holding a meeting which includes UK government ministers and assembly ministers to see what can be done. | He is holding a meeting which includes UK government ministers and assembly ministers to see what can be done. |
| Ynys Mon MP Albert Owen, who is due to attend, also stressed the importance of the plant to the UK as a whole. | Ynys Mon MP Albert Owen, who is due to attend, also stressed the importance of the plant to the UK as a whole. |
| "It's not just parochial to Anglesey because it's a big player in the UK smelting business. The rest of the UK has companies dependent on Anglesey Aluminium," he said. | "It's not just parochial to Anglesey because it's a big player in the UK smelting business. The rest of the UK has companies dependent on Anglesey Aluminium," he said. |
| "But it has to be a commercial decision like where any other company buys its power from. | "But it has to be a commercial decision like where any other company buys its power from. |
| "I've been involved in this for a long time and we will not give up." | "I've been involved in this for a long time and we will not give up." |
| Anglesey Aluminium uses 12% of all the electricity supplied to Wales, and is believed to be the biggest single user of electricity in Britain. | Anglesey Aluminium uses 12% of all the electricity supplied to Wales, and is believed to be the biggest single user of electricity in Britain. |