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Norsk Hydro In Dutch Court Over Alleged Contamination From Alunorte Alumina Refinery

Norsk Hydro In Dutch Court Over Alleged Contamination From Alunorte Alumina Refinery

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA is facing civil charges in court that it allowed the world’s biggest aluminium smelter contaminate a nearby river in Brazil, harming thousands of indigenous families in the area. Plaintiffs in the Dutch suit say the pollution...

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Events

Norsk Hydro Inks Ten Year Wind Power Deal With Telenor

Norsk Hydro Inks Ten Year Wind Power Deal With Telenor

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA’s subsidiary Hydro Energi AS signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Norwegian telecommunications firm Telenor Infra AS this week. The agreement will have Telenor selling the Hydro subsidiary 330 GWh per year of wind energy produced at Sweden’s Stor-Skälsjön wind park, which is a joint project involving another […]

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Norsk Hydro Begins Construction Of New Aluminium Recycling Plant In SW Michigan

Norsk Hydro Begins Construction Of New Aluminium Recycling Plant In SW Michigan

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA broke ground last week on a new US$150 million aluminium recycling plant in Cassopolis, Michigan. According to Hydro, the plant’s nameplate capacity will be 120 thousand metric tons of low-carbon aluminium extrusions per annum. Production is slated to begin next year, and the plant will create about 70 jobs […]

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Norsk Hydro Restarts Albras Liquid Aluminium Potline After February Power Outage

Norsk Hydro Restarts Albras Liquid Aluminium Potline After February Power Outage

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA has restarted operations at Albras Alumínio Brasileiro S.A. aluminium smelting plant in Brazil. The plant briefly closed about 75 percent of its production due to a power outage in the region in mid-February. Three of the plant’s four total potlines remained in production throughout the power outage. However, Line […]

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Norsk Hydro Commissions New Electric Steam Boiler At Alunorte Alumina Refinery

Norsk Hydro Commissions New Electric Steam Boiler At Alunorte Alumina Refinery

Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro ASA announced last week that its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil began operation of the plant’s first electric boiler. Hydro says the new boiler is expected to cut the plant’s carbon emissions by 100 thousand metric tons per annum. The new electric boiler at Alumina do Norte de Brasil S.A. […]

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