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Important recognition of ICE-SAR: A grant from the Alcoa Foundation
January 18, 2009
The Alcoa Foundation has decided to support ICE-SAR rescue teams in East Iceland with a two-year grant of 100,000 US$. The grant will be a founding contribution for the East-Iceland Rescue Teams Education and Training Fund.
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Like twinkling stars
January 13, 2010
More than two hundred elementary school students in East Iceland have been presented with reflector vests by Alcoa Fjardaál, VÍS Insurance and the police. They resemble twinkling stars when they walk around in their vests during the short days of the Icelandic winter.
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Alcoa Finishes 4Q 2009 Strong; Free Cash Flow Positive, Revenues Up 18%
January 11, 2010
Alcoa yesterday announced it finished its fourth quarter 2009 free cash flow positive, the first such quarterly achievement since the second quarter of 2008 when the economic downturn began to impact results. The Company is ahead of its key financial goals for 2009, including being free cash flow neutral by the end of the year.
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Alcoa Aluminum Soars with Ares, Time Magazine’s 2009 Invention of the Year
November 18, 2009
Alcoa aluminum plays a critical role in the future of NASA’s Ares rocket, named by Time magazine as the 2009 Invention of the Year.
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Alcoa Named One of Brazil’s Most Sustainable Companies
November 13, 2009
Alcoa has been named one of Brazil’s Most Sustainable Companies by Exame magazine as part of the publication’s Sustainability Guide 2009.
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Around 170 volunteers in Fjardaál's Month of Service
November 11, 2009
168 volunteers, Alcoans, their families and other helpers joined forces during October, the worldwide Alcoa Month of Service, to assist local clubs and the Red Cross.
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Alcoa Partners with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ Rainforests Project
November 6, 2009
Alcoa has announced that it is partnering with The Prince’s Rainforests Project (PRP), an environmental initiative started by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to protect the rainforests and tackle climate change.
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Alcoa and COMAC Explore Leading Technology Solutions for C919, China’s Largest Passenger Aircraft
November 3, 2009
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) today announced they are jointly exploring leading technology solutions for the design and development of China’s new, large passenger jet, the C919.
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Alcoa Fjardaál: setting a new standard in aluminum production
In June 2007, Alcoa officially opened Fjardaál ("aluminum of the fjords"), an aluminum smelter at Reydarfjordur in Eastern Iceland. This project is Alcoa's first new primary aluminum facility in 20 years.
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Factsheet on Climate Change
Alcoa Fjardaál has issued a factsheet on Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change, which presents Alcoa's climate change policy and how Fjardaál contributes towards reaching the company's goals.
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A quick link to contact information for Alcoa in Iceland.
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Alcoa smelter in Bakki, North-Iceland? EIA in progress
Alcoa, together with Landsvirkjun, Theistareykir and Landsnet, is now presenting a draft scoping proposal for a joint Environmental Impact Assessment for Bakki aluminum plant, powerproduction in Krafla II and Theistareykir and transmission lines.
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Alcoa Fjarðaál receives the 2008 Gender Equality Award
In October, 2008, Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs presented Tómas Már Sigurdsson, on behalf of Alcoa Fjardaál, with the 2008 Gender Equality Award. The annual award is granted by the Gender Equality Council in Iceland for outstanding work in the field of gender equality.
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Alcoa Fjardaál sf.
Hrauni 1, 730 Reydarfjördur
Iceland
Tel: +354 470 7700
Fax + 354 470 7701
E-mail: fjardaal@alcoa.com
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