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Alcoa cancels smelter plans in north Iceland

Alcoa has confirmed that it is no longer interested in building a new aluminium smelter near the northern Icelandic town of Husavik.

Business, EnergyOctober 18, 2011
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Icelandic farmer believes aluminium smelter killed his sheep

“She couldn’t feed herself any more and died in the end [clogged with] mucous,” says Sigurbjorn Hjaltason, farmer and former Kjosahr...

Business, EnvironmentAugust 12, 2011
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Explosion at East Iceland aluminium smelter

Members of the Iceland Fire Authority are on their way to East Iceland to investigate what caused Saturday’s explosion at the Alcoa aluminium sm...

Business, EnergyDecember 20, 2010
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Majority of aluminium money does not stay in Iceland

The majority of funds that went to build the Karahnjukar hydroelectric dam in East Iceland have not found their way back to the Icelandic state and la...

Business, EnergyOctober 12, 2010
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Disturbing accident figures from Iceland dam project

Over a hundred people are still unable to work following accidents during the construction of the Karahnjukar hydro power plant constructed to power a...

Business, FeaturedJuly 19, 2010
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Icelandic energy pays price for aluminium profits

Nordural (Century Aluminium) pays a quarter less for its electricity in Iceland than the global average. This was revealed in a confidential leaked do...

Business, EnergyMarch 10, 2010
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Aluminium price bounce back gladdens Icelandic smelters

The price of aluminium has gone over USD 2,000 per tonne for the first time since October, but the price could easily go down again, experts warn.

Business, EnergyAugust 18, 2009
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Saving Iceland disrupts smelter construction

Three members of the environmental pressure group Saving Iceland shackled themselves along the entrance road to the Helguvik aluminium smelter constru...

Business, EnergyAugust 12, 2009
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