Alcoa Nears Deal to Sell Idle New York Smelter to Bitcoin Miner NYDIG
Alcoa CEO Bill Oplinger says the company expects to close a sale of its dormant Massena East smelter to Bitcoin mining firm NYDIG by mid-2026.
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Ahmet Lütfi Tarkan is a Senior System Specialist and Crypto Market Analyst based in Cyprus. With extensive experience in server infrastructure, hosting systems, and blockchain node operations, he brings a technical-first perspective to cryptocurrency market analysis. His hands-on background in distributed systems and web infrastructure gives him a grounded understanding of how blockchain networks function at the protocol level. At CoinMindAI, he covers Bitcoin price analysis, on-chain metrics, and crypto market developments, focusing on data-driven insights over speculation.
Alcoa CEO Bill Oplinger says the company expects to close a sale of its dormant Massena East smelter to Bitcoin mining firm NYDIG by mid-2026.
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