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Progress Reports - Brazil
2005
Brazil Expansion Project Achieved with Zero Lost Workdays, Low Recordable Rate
The creation of an environment, health, and safety management system for an expansion project at Alcoa’s industrial complex in São LuÃs, Brazil, resulted in zero lost workdays and a total recordable rate below 0.24—the best for any recent construction work carried out by Alcoa.
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Bringing EHS, Sustainability Awareness to the Community
As part of its commitment to be the best company in the community, Alcoa’s AFL do Brasil location in Itajubá has implemented an extensive community awareness program on topics related to environment, health, and safety (EHS) and sustainability.
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Employee-developed Technology Solves Water Treatment Challenge
Employees at Alcoa’s Poços de Caldas smelter and refinery in Brazil developed new water treatment technologies that eliminated the potential for environmental contamination and cost less to install and operate.
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2004
Alumar Ranked Best in World for EHS and Community
The Alcoa-managed Alumar refinery and smelter in São Luis, Brazil, was ranked the best among 55 locations around the world audited by BHPBilliton in 2003.
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Caustic Soda Waste Becomes Useful
Two Alcoa facilities have developed processes to either reduce the amount of caustic soda waste produced or use the waste to provide a solution to a second environmental issue.
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Customer Need Drives Brazilian Recycling Solution
Alcoa and three other companies are developing a technologically advanced recycling plant to recover aluminum from post-consumer aseptic packaging from customer Tetra Pak.
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Sending Employees Home Healthier
Alcoa believes that it is possible for people to go home healthier than when they came to work, and a company-sponsored smoking cessation program in Brazil is doing just that.
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Solid Waste Recycling Exceeds 100% at Brazilian Facility
A solid waste minimization strategy at the Alumar refinery and smelter in Brazil increased recycling rates, generated less waste, reduced environmental effects, and eliminated the need to construct new waste disposal areas.
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2003
Alumar Refinery Meets Zero Injury Goal During Facility-wide Overhaul
Alcoa’s refinery in São Luis, Brazil completed ahead of schedule a facility-wide overhaul that resulted in zero injuries of any kind and an increase in alumina output.
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Chrome-free Process Satisfies Customers, Brightens Environmental, Health, and Safety Performance
Alcoa Itapissuma in Brazil voluntarily eliminated chrome from its paint line operations to reduce potential impact to the environment and employee health and safety.
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New Treatment System Cleans Air, Recovers Oil for Reuse
Alcoa’s Itapissuma facility in Brazil invested US$2.15 million in an air treatment and oil recovery system that reduced volatile organic compounds emissions by more than 90% and increased oil recovered from the rolling operation by 66%.
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Reducing Smelter Emissions, Waste
Improvements at the Poços de Caldas smelter in Brazil reduced emissions, solid waste, and the amount of time operators spend in gaseous and high-temperature conditions.
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Returning Wasteland to Nature
Alcoa's Poços de Caldas refinery operation in Brazil transforms a bauxite residue disposal area into a natural research laboratory.
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Safety Focus Achieves Zero Recordable Incidents after Millions of Hours Worked
Alcoa’s Itajubá facility in Brazil serves as an example that zero is possible to achieve and maintain.
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Voluntary Effort Reduces Wastes, Landfill Areas
Alcoa’s Itapissuma facility in Brazil reduced the volume of its landfilled solid waste to just 3% of the total waste it generates and voluntarily completed a comprehensive remediation of its industrial waste disposal areas.
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2002
Alcoa: The Alumar Refinery and Smelter–Brazil
Alcoa Aluminio in Brazil operates the largest alumina refinery in South America and the second largest smelter on that continent. The Alumar plant, one of Alcoa's most modern smelters and refineries, is situated in São Luís, in Northern Brazil.
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Cementing a Spent Pot Lining Recycling Process
Alcoa's Brazilian smelters and the country's cement industry reduce an aluminum industry hazardous waste.
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Respiratory Program Best in Brazil
Alcoa's Poços de Caldas smelter in Brazil implemented a new respiratory protection program that was named the best in the country for 2002.
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2001
Alcoa in Brazil
Alcoa shares the Brazilian federal government's assessment for long-term hydroelectric development for energy and economic development in that country.
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Integrating Industry with Nature
An environmental park at Alcoa's Consórcio de Alumínio do Maranhão facility near São Luís, Brazil serves as the area's recreational and environmental focus.
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Mining: Temporary Use of the Land
Alcoa believes that areas used for mining must be restored to a land use that is socially and ecologically sustainable.
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Setting Benchmarks in Mine Reclamation
Aggressive mine reclamation and educational activities helped the Poços de Caldas mine in Brazil be the first Alcoa location in the Western Hemisphere to achieve ISO 14001 certification.
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Wired for Heat
Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. (AFL) Automotive eliminated lead, chromium, and other environmentally damaging substances from wire products used by automotive OEMs around the world.
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