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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 ...
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 ...
Alcoa - Intalco Aluminum Corp. Curtailed 8/26/2020. March 15, 2023 Alcoa Announces Closure of Intalco Smelter and Prepares Site for Redevelopment USA: Wenatchee: 184,000: Alcoa - Wenatchee Works: Curtailed 2016, Closed 2018 USA: Columbia Falls: 180,000: Glencore AG (Switzerland) Closed 2009 USA: Ravenswood: 180,000: Century Aluminum of West ...
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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 ...
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]
He told news site RUV: “This is very bad news. One of the most serious scenarios is an eruption in the town itself, similar to that in Vestmannaeyjar , 50 years ago.
Straumsvik aluminum smelter, operated by Rio Tinto Alcan in Iceland. Aluminium smelting is the process of extracting aluminium from its oxide, alumina , generally by the Hall-Héroult process . Alumina is extracted from the ore bauxite by means of the Bayer process at an alumina refinery .