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What price the future of Alcoa's Portland smelter?
The future of Victoria's biggest exporter and electricity consumer hangs in the balance. The outage occurred with remarkable timing - just days after Alcoa's 30-year government-subsidised power contract ended and with power prices looking likely to rise after the closure of the Hazelwood power station.