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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...