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In 2005, Alcoa began construction in Iceland on Alcoa Fjarðaál, a state-of-the-art aluminum smelter and the company's first greenfield smelter in more than 20 years, [52] albeit under heavy criticism by local and international NGOs related to a controversial dam project exclusively dedicated to supplying electricity to this smelter. The ...
Using the rivers Jökulsá á Dal and Jökulsá í Fljótsdal along with other resources in eastern Iceland has been on the drawing board since the 1970s. From 1975 to 2002, several international companies had planned or attempted to build a metal plant at Reyðarfjörður that would be powered by a hydroelectricity project similar to the ...
Iceland: Reyðarfjörður: 346,000: Alcoa Fjarðaál Iceland: Grundartangi, near Akranes: 312,000: Nordic Aluminum Co (Norðurál), subsidiary of Century Aluminum: Owned by Glencore International AG Iceland: Straumsvik, near Hafnarjordur: 205,000 [8] Rio Tinto: On 19 September 2018, Norsk Hydro backed out of its deal to buy Rio's Icelandic ...
State-of-the-Art Alcoa Facility to Cut in Half Energy Used to Recycle Aluminum for Forged Wheels New Plant Expected to Recycle 100 Million Pounds of Aluminum Each Year CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE ...
Ayers joined Alcoa in February 2010 as Chief Operating Officer of Alcoa Cast, Forged and Extruded Products. He was later named Chief Operating Officer of Alcoa's Primary business and became ...
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Alcoa's aluminium plant in Reyðarfjörður, Iceland. According to Alcoa, construction of Fjardaál entailed no human displacement, no impact on endangered species, and no danger to commercial fisheries; there will also be no significant effect on reindeer, bird and seal populations. [39]
[58] In 2004, Alcoa had to have a government expert certify that their chosen building site was free of archaeological sites, including ones related to huldufólk folklore, before they could build an aluminium smelter in Iceland.