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Alunorte issues force majeure notice following 50% production cut
Following orders from federal, state and local authorities in Brazil for the Alunorte alumina refinery to reduce production by 50 percent, Alumina do ...
March 1, 2019
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Hydro prepares to reduce Alunorte production by 50%
The Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS) in the Brazilian state of Pará has formally notified the Norwegian aluminum company Norsk Hy ...
March 1, 2019
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Lightweight aluminum components for LEVC’s zero-emissions black cab
Hydro is one of the key suppliers for London Electrical Vehicle Company’s all new zero-emissions black cab, the TX eCity. The company is delivering ad ...
March 1, 2019
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Sapa Building System becomes Sapa
Sapa Building System, one of the largest suppliers of aluminum building systems in the world and part of the Norwegian group Sapa (Sapa is fully owned ...
March 1, 2019
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Hydro takes measures to preserve jobs in Paragominas
To preserve jobs, 400 employees working in Hydro’s mining operations in Paragominas will be on collective vacations as of April 2.
March 1, 2019
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Hydro commissions SGW to conduct independent environmental review of Alunorte
Hydro has commissioned Brazilian environmental consultancy SGW Services to perform an independent review of the water treatment and effluent managemen ...
March 1, 2019
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Brandtzæg visits Alunorte and surrounding communities
Svein Richard Brandtzæg visits Barcarena. Photo: Hydro To see the situation in Barcarena with his own eyes and to support local management in handling a challenging situation, Hydro’s President and CEO wen ...
March 1, 2019
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Court orders Alunorte to cut production by 50% and halt operations at DRS2 bauxite residue disposal
Based on a request from public prosecutors in the state of Pará, Brazil, a regional court issued a ruling on Wednesday, February 28, demanding Hydro t ...
March 1, 2019
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Hydro forms expert task force to review Barcarena situation
Norwegian aluminum company Norsk Hydro ASA has established an expert task force to lead a comprehensive review at Hydro’s Alunorte alumina refinery in ...
March 1, 2019
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Third-party consultancy analysis of water and soil outside Alunorte
Alunorte, Hydro’s alumina refinery in Brazil, has sealed and secured a pipe that was detected during an inspection by Secretariat of Environment and S ...
March 1, 2019
