Largest aluminum manufacturing plant in the U.S. closing due to...wait for it...higher energy costs

Further to my last post on a sharply-contracting manufacturing base, here's a story from the end of June that you didn't hear about, because the networks and the WaPo and NY times didn't think you needed to know:
 
From U.S. News & World Report, June 24, 2022, printing an AP piece word-for-word:

A large aluminum plant in Kentucky is "temporarily halting production,"  laying off more than 600 workers.  Reason?  Rising energy costs.

Century Aluminum said its Hawesville plant was the largest producer of high purity aluminum in North America.

White House spokesdummy: "Don't worry, citizen:  You DID see that the AP said the shutdown is only temporary.  Just 9 to 12 days.  So no problem, citizen!  Ev'ryting jus' fine!  Peachy!

"Oh, you say it wasn't 9 to 12 days, but 9 to 12 weeks?  Well, dat actually good!  Give overworked workers a chance to enjoy life wit' dere famblies, so ev'ryting jus' fine!"

"Oh wait, ya say it was "9 to 12 months?  And that the company said they're not sure they'll ever actually re-open the plant?"

In that case: "This is really good news, because making aluminum takes tons of electricity, so shutting down this big plant will allow the state to charge another thousand of those faaabulous electric vehicles without having to add any more generating capacity!  Yay!  So our plans are working perfectly!"

A county official said company executives told him they had to shut the plant because the cost of electricity had risen dramatically this year.

Democrats: "DIS NOT TRUE!  Every Media outlet showed Dear Leader saying 'energy costs are going DOWN!'  Electricity is energy, so price of electricity mus' be goin' down too, eh?"

It's also worth noting that as recently as April Century Aluminum had increased production at this plant, adding 60 jobs.  So in April the company seemed to think the plant was profitable.  

“We celebrated that,” said the president of the local union. “I guess if it hadn’t been for the cost of electricity we would still be making aluminum.”

So what happened?

Democrats: "Greedy corporations."

Me: Can a plant continue to operate if it doesn't make a profit?

Democrats: "Greedy corporations!"

Me: So you don't actually want to discuss this, eh?

Democrats: "Trump stole nuclear weapons secrets and sold 'em to Russia!  Besides, if we need aluminum we can always buy it from our Chinese friends!"

Source.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kentucky/articles/2022-06-24/kentucky-aluminum-plant-idling-laying-off-600-workers