Norsk Hydro likely to close German aluminium plant

DOHA, April 11 (Reuters) - Norway's Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) was likely to close Germany's biggest aluminium smelter plant due to high energy costs, Hydro's chief financial officer said on Sunday.

The company had yet to make a final decision on the Rheinwerk plant in Neuss, but production was already curtailed by 90 percent, Jorgen Arentz Rostrup told Reuters in an interview in the Qatari capital.

"It is a fantastic plant but the energy situation in Germany makes it extremely challenging to run,” said Rostrup. “It's more likely that it will close but we haven't decided yet.”