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Mr Putin intervenes to save jobs at aluminum smelter

Steel Guru | December 11, 2011 | 2:56 pm Base Metals Europe Aluminum

Reuters reported that Mr Vladimir Putin PM of Russia facing a wave of voter outrage as he prepares a bid to return to the Kremlin intervened to prevent an archaic 67 year old aluminum smelter with 3,500 workers from closure. Mr Putin was informed at a…