TIme to resuscitate ALSCON
The economic benefits of a functional ALSCON are immense. Thousands of direct jobs would be created within the smelter itself, while tens of thousands of indirect jobs would emerge across logistics, engineering services,
The economic benefits of a functional ALSCON are immense. Thousands of direct jobs would be created within the smelter itself, while tens of thousands of indirect jobs would emerge across logistics, engineering services,
Momentum is building around the long-awaited revival of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON). Following new diplomatic engagements, heightened government interest, and focused investor consultations, the 17-year industrial impasse may finally be nearing resolution. Please click link to read more
Nigeria stands at a point where industrial diversification has become more urgent than ever. Reviving ALSCON would stimulate downstream aluminium industries, cable manufacturing, automotive components, building materials, packaging, and trigger high-value job creation across the Niger Delta and beyond. It would also improve Nigeria’s non-oil export earnings and reposition the country within the global metals market.
The long and unfinished journey of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) remains one of the most important industrial stories in the country’s recent history.