Alcoa to scale back smelting, refinery work at Intalco

Gary Jensen weighs in on move’s effect on Ferndale employees By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Alcoa announced on Monday that it will curtail its aluminum smelting and refinery operations at Ferndale’s Intalco Works and at its Wenatchee smelter before the end of 2015. The move is part of an effort to remain competitive in…