The Alcoa plant in Point Comfort, about 125 miles from here, is a pretty massive operation: It can produce up to 2.3 million metric tons a year of alumina, which is the stuff from which aluminum is made.
Now it may be shutting down.
An Australian newspaper (an Australian company partners with Alcoa on its aluminum production) reported that it's likely falling aluminum prices and the general economic slump will force the company to shutter the plant:
In response to market conditions, there
