4/26/2006
Alcoa Fjardaál Study Shows Alcoa Building One of the Most Environmentally-Friendly Smelters in the World
Environmental Impact Assessment Demonstrates Alcoa Fjardaál Meets Iceland’s Stringent Standards
Reykjavik and New York – April 26, 2006 – Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that Iceland’s National Planning Agency had released the environmental impact assessment for Alcoa’s Fjardaál smelter project in Iceland, one of the largest private-sector investments in the country’s history. Fjardaál will help create 800 jobs, and will be one of the most modern, environmentally-friendly aluminum production facilities in the world.
The environmental impact assessment, submitted by Alcoa on April 7, demonstrates that Alcoa Fjardaál will meet or exceed Iceland’s stringent environmental standards. Alcoa has modeled two different technologies that would both limit emissions from the plant: dry scrubbing alone or a combination of dry and wet scrubbing. Alcoa has designed the aluminum smelter in Reydarfjördur with state-of-the-art technology to promote sustainability and minimize environmental impact.
In addition to completing the environmental impact assessment, Alcoa employed Exponent, a leading engineering and science consulting firm, to perform a risk analysis of the project to assess any possible impact from emissions on human health, animal life and vegetation. This was the first time that a risk analysis was conducted in Iceland in conjunction with an environmental impact assessment. The results showed negligible impact on human health and animals as well as negligible impact to vegetation outside of the project’s dilution zone.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap® foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa® wheels, and Baco® household wraps. Among its other businesses are closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 129,000 employees in 43 countries and has been named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com
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Streaming video shows animated schematics of the scrubber options under consideration for purifying stack gases from the new Alcoa smelter.
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Environmental Impact Assessment
EIA submitted to the Icelandic Government April 26, 2006. 162 pages, 54 MB file size, pdf format.
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