The further cuts are needed because of changes in the council tax benefit scheme and increases in the costof waste disposal and transport, it is claimed.
"The results of the cost reduction and asset disposal plans have exceeded our targets, " said chief executive Philippe Varin, claiming that, "the foundations for our rebound have been laid".
Dressing is expensive because of the process time involved (up to two or three weeks) and the costof complying with ever-tightening environmental regulations for such things as chemical disposal.
The opposite is true: Reprocessing is the worst possible alternative to deep geological disposal because it greatly increases the cost, as well as the dangers, of waste management.
Add in the fuel saving, and the lifetime costof an aluminium car from raw material and manufacturing to daily use and final disposal can be comparable to that of a conventional car.