SURALCO OFFERS CASH FOR WORKERS TO LEAVE The U.S.-owned <Surinam Aluminum Company> (SURALCO) offered workers a lump sum and up to five months' wages to quit the firm because jungle-based rebels have disrupted bauxite mining and alumina smelting, ANP said. The Dutch news agency said SURALCO, a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America(ALCOA) wanted to reduce its work force because it had been hard hit by guerrilla attacks that cut power lines to the area in January. All bauxite mining at Moengo ceased four months ago and SURALCO's Paranam alumina smelter is using imported bauxite.