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2. Kinlochleven - Wikipedia

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   Kinlochleven was never connected to the railway network, however the station in nearby South Ballachulish was renamed in 1908 as Ballachulish (Glencoe) for Kinlochleven. [35] A pier was constructed on the southern shore of Loch Leven for the construction of the hydroelectric scheme and aluminium smelter.

3. Kinlochleven hydroelectric scheme - Wikipedia

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   The smelter and power house were constructed on the south bank of the River Leven in the village of Kinlochleven, in the south-west of the Scottish Highlands. The Blackwater Reservoir was formed by constructing a mass concrete gravity dam over ½ mile (800 m) across the Blackwater, the main tributary of the River Leven, with a catchment area of ...

4. Lochaber hydroelectric scheme - Wikipedia

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   On 3 April 2021, it came to light that the Jahama Highland Estates (formerly the "Alcan Estate") had been purchased in 2016 as part of the Rio Tinto Mines deal for the Lochaber aluminium plant, because the furnace requires so much power that the smelter is located near a hydroelectric plant, which drains the basin of the 114,000 acre Estate ...

5. Aluminum company says preferred site for new smelter is a ...

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   An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss ...

6. Blackwater Reservoir - Wikipedia

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   The power house and aluminium smelting plant were situated in Kinlochleven, which is adjacent to the sea loch Loch Leven. The power station now produces electricity for the aluminium smelter in Fort William, supplementing the supply from the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme. Surplus energy is sold to the national grid for public supply.

7. Exclusive: Aluminum smelter resurrected on Trump tariffs may ...

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   A bankrupt aluminum smelter that re-opened in 2018, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imported metals, is losing money at such a rapid clip that it could close within 60 days ...