[1] Documentaries reported favourable conditions for employees, with a hospital on site, maternity leave, long service rewarded by imported white goods (fridges, washing machines, etc.

In May 2003 VALCO closed completely due to persistent problems in negotiating its high consumption of electricity at an affordable rate.

On August 4, 2004, Alcoa and the Government of the Republic of Ghana announced that they had finalized agreements to restart the VALCO smelter in Tema.

[7] 11 years later in 2022, the 600-acre plant was still operating at about one-fifth of its rated capacity, producing liquid aluminium, rolling ingot, and extrusion billet.

Ghana imports up to 45,000 tonnes of aluminium products and also sees potential in joining the 'green metals' sector given the plant is still mostly powered by hydroelectricity.