Where Now for Anglesey Aluminium Smelter, Holyhead?
Passing Skerries Lighthouse on passage to Holyhead you can spot the Anglesey Aluminium Smelter tower on the distant horizon long before you can see Holyhead Harbour. The aluminium smelter just outside the town of Holyhead was built in 1971, and this location was chosen because of the deep water berthing potential along with the natural shelter afforded by the outer harbour. The smelter is jointly owned by the Anglo-Australian miner, Rio Tinto Group and American company, Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation, and it employs over 500 people at the location. Most recent figures show that the plant produces over 140,000 tonnes of aluminium per year.
