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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 ...
Icelandic police will close once again close the town of Grindavik at 4pm today - after residents were let in for five minutes to retrieve valuables. Local media reported 30 minutes later the town ...
Iceland remains on high alert as meteorological experts warn that a volcanic eruption is likely in the coming days. Grindavik, a small fishing town in the southwest of the country, has been the ...
Iceland has been living with a high risk of an eruption since seismic activity and underground lava flows increased in the region near the capital Reykjavik in late October.
Between 2005 and 2011, Alcoa conducted a feasibility study for a second plant in Iceland near Húsavík. [41] That plant was to have a 250,000 t/yr capacity, to be powered entirely by geothermal power , although later estimates showed a potential need for other sources of power.
Páll Einarsson. 100 earthquakes hit Iceland since midnight. 09:11, Lydia Patrick. The strongest earthquake with a magnitude of 3.35 hit Vatnafjoll in South Iceland this morning at 5.56am, report ...