Kevin Lowery
Kevin Lowery
aspects cost early environmental needs
It is one of the options. It is at a very early stage. Obviously, the cost feasibility of it is one of the aspects that needs to be ironed out as does the environmental feasibility.
economic happened minister
I don't think the economic minister would have happened to be in Pittsburgh.
agreement allow continue employees facilities fair hope operate reach
Our hope is that we will be able to reach an agreement that will be fair to employees and allow our facilities to continue to operate in a competitive market.
cost electricity global higher initial throw top
Even at the initial price, (the electricity cost) is way higher than the global average. Then you throw the new cost on top of it and that's why it got curtailed.
roots
Our roots are here. We're not going anywhere.
locations plan run work
If there's a work stoppage, we plan to run the plants. Each of the 15 locations has a big contingency plan.
definition five legal line office principal took
The legal definition is where your principal office is. So we are now in line with what took place five years ago.
money spend
We spend a lot of money on this plan.
begun employees frame informed intend last obviously plant sales sell time
We intend to sell the business, of which the plant is part of the business. We informed employees last night. We have just begun the sales process. There is no time frame on this, but we would obviously like to do it quickly.
continue employment level
We continue to have the same level of employment here.
global people understand
We're a global company. We need people who understand global issues.
continue explore power ways
We said when we curtailed that smelter that we would continue to explore ways that we would be able to find low-cost or competitively priced power to restart it.
funds shifted solely versus
We shifted more funds to the communities in which we operate, versus solely in Pittsburgh, or New York, for that matter.
cut employee hour send shovel snow
We're not going to send an employee who makes $40 an hour out to shovel snow or cut the grass.