Africa’s Major Aluminum Producer Closes Amid Ghana Energy Crisis

Executives at Ghana’s Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) say they are not sure how long the luminum producer will remain closed. But the closure is expected to send a majority of the company’s 700 employees home.

The problem is rainfall. Poor rains have led to diminished water levels in the Akomsombo Hydro-electric dam, Ghana’s main source of electric power. It has also caused chronic power outages in Ghana since September last year.
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