Europe’s mining megaliths eye up Aughinish Alumina as US sanction threat hits home

Mining giants across Europe are interested in acquiring the Aughinish Alumina site in Limerick if it comes up for sale. The news comes as pressure builds on the plant’s billionaire owner, Oleg Deripaska, to offload parts of his empire.

It is understood that such is the importance of Aughinish that major commodity buyers and producers have been privately talking about acquiring it, even as the immediate threat of severing their links with its ...