[ad_1] An aluminum company headquartered in Chicago has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss of coal and steel production, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. Plans by Century Aluminum Co. to build a… Continue reading Century Aluminum says preferred site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses – Chicago Tribune