Posted 1/25/2024, 7:50:00 PM
Sen. Hawley Urges Biden to Invoke Defense Act to Prevent Closure of Major Missouri Aluminum Plant
- Sen. Josh Hawley called on Biden to invoke Defense Production Act to keep Missouri aluminum plant open after reports it will lay off most staff
- Plant accounts for nearly 30% of US aluminum production and is vital to national security, per Hawley
- Plant notified workers operations severely impaired due to cold weather, can't be restored, will curtail most employees
- Plant employs 450 union workers, processes 263,000 metric tons a year, restarted in 2018 after prior bankruptcy
- Hawley said can't let "some billionaire" put 500 Missourians out of work and walk away with profit, US has 5 operating aluminum plants