A power outage in Venezuela has forced local aluminium producers Venalum and Alcasa to temporarily stop operations at their smelters, the state-owned parent group of both companies, CVG, said on Saturday March 9.
Venezuela's largest hydro power plant, Guri, was out of commission for most of the day on March 7 and many parts of the country were left with no electricity for more than 24 hours, according to CVG.Although the reasons for the outage were not officially known, Venezuelan President Nicol??s Maduro blamed the event on terrorist attacks. "The imperialist government of the United States commanded this attack," he was reported to have said.Venalum is a primary...