Alcoa's split brings losses from its aluminum smelters into focus

Alcoa Inc's decision to split in two will sharpen pressure on one of the world's top aluminum producers to cut costs or close unprofitable smelting capacity, as worries over China's output mounts and prices hit multiyear lows. 

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