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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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Sapa (fully owned by Hydro since October 2017) wins Alstom contract for aluminum-intensive high-speed train bodies
Sapa will deliver to Alstom structural aluminum frames, solebars and end-wall profiles for rail carriages in high-speed trains that will be used by Am ...
March 1, 2019
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Fourth quarter 2017: Results up on higher aluminum and alumina prices
Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax increased to NOK 3,555 million in the fourth quarter from NOK 2,446 million in the third qu ...
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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Re-opening of Welsh factory
Sapa (fully owned by Hydro since October 2017) is to re-open its factory in Bedwas to supply the growing automotive industry demand for lightweight b ...
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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Pará authorities to order 50% production cut at Alunorte
The Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability in the Brazilian state of Pará (SEMAS) issued a statement late on Monday stating it will order Norwe ...
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 takes new initiatives to resolve Alunorte situation
Hydro’s CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg has appointed CFO Eivind Kallevik as interim head of Bauxite & Alumina with immediate effect, replacing Silvio Por ...
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