Europe's Main Aluminium Smelter Cuts Production As Energy Prices Soar

LOON-PLAGE, FRANCE - JANUARY 13: Aluminium ingots in the "Aluminium Dunkerque" plant of American Industrial Partner group (AIP) on January 13, 2022 in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk, France. Faced with the rising cost of electricity, representing nearly 30% of its overall operating cost, the management of Aluminum Dunkirk has decided to shut down some of its electrolysis cells. The plant uses the equivalent of the city of Marseille in electricity per year. (Photo by Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)