Alcoa To Start Up St. Croix Alumina Refinery.PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1997--Alcoa World Alumina alumina (əl  `mĭnə) or aluminum oxide, Al2O3, chemical compound with m.p. about 2,000°C; and sp. gr. about 4.0. and Chemicals (AWAC) announced today that it has begun preparations to restart its St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands alumina refinery. The refinery has a rated operating capacity of 600,000 metric tons per year. Start up is expected to take 10 to 15 weeks. Commenting on the decision to restart the refinery, Robert F. Slagle, president of Alcoa World Alumina, said: "We are restarting St. Croix in order to fill customer orders for 1998." Added Alcoa Chairman Paul O'Neill Paul O'Neill may refer to:
AWAC purchased the St. Croix refinery from the Virgin Islands Alumina Corporation (Vialco), a unit of Glencore International AG, in July 1995. It has been idled since 1994. Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals is a joint venture between Alumina Limited (40% share) and Alcoa (60% share) and is abbreviated to AWAC. AWAC's business is the mining of bauxite, the extraction of alumina (aluminium oxide) and the smelting of aluminium. is a global alliance between Alcoa and WMC WMC Winter Music Conference WMC Weill Medical College (Cornell University) WMC Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (Madison, WI) WMC Westchester Medical Center WMC Western Mining Corporation , Ltd. CONTACT: Alcoa Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
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