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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 ...
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Alcoa Once Again Named Most Admired Metals Company in the World Alcoa on Fortune's "Most Admired" List since annual ranking began 30 years ago, in 1983 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alcoa (NYS: AA ...
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 .
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]