Layoffs, Cryptocurrency, And Uncertainty At A Ukrainian Tycoon’s Kentucky Factory – Analysis

By Todd Prince*

(RFE/RL) -- When CC Metals & Alloys (CCMA) halted operations in July, some workers at the 70-year-old plant in western Kentucky expected to be back on the job by the New Year.

After all, the factory -- which produces an alloy of iron and silicon for the boom-and-bust steel industry -- has cut output and...