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June 5, 2008 Alcoa Again Named One of the World's Most Ethical Companies
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March 10, 2008 Alcoa Named to FORTUNE Magazine's Most Admired List for 25th Consecutive Year
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January 28, 2008 Alcoa Again Named One of the World's Most Sustainable Companies at Davos
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December 18, 2007 Alcoa Named a Blue-Ribbon Company by Fortune Magazine
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November 6, 2007 Alcoa Earns 'Best in Class' Status for Environmental and Social Performance; Added to Storebrand Best in Class Mutual Funds
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November 5, 2007 Alcoa Signs MOUs with Prominent International Conservation Organizations to Further Efforts on Sustaining Biodiversity
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September 24, 2007 Alcoa Recognized as "Best in Class" in Response to Climate Change; Named to Climate Disclosure Leadership Index
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September 6, 2007 Alcoa Named a Component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for Sixth Year
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Trinidad and Tobago brings together the operations of two Alcoa businesses: Alcoa World Alumina and the Alcoa Steamship Company. Alcoa has operated a materials transfer station at Tembladora in Trinidad and Tobago for more than sixty years, using the country's strategic location to ship bauxite and alumina to destinations in the U.S and Europe.
Tembladora offers deep-water harbor facilities, close to Alcoa's alumina operations in Suriname, which are located on a river too shallow for large ships. At the transfer station, shuttle ships from Suriname offload alumina for transfer to large vessels bound for customers in Baltimore, USA; Dunkirk, France; and Mosjoen, Norway.
Tembladora began service in 1950, although the Alcoa Marine Department was operating in the country since 1941. Bauxite shipment was discontinued in 1983, focusing operations on alumina. Today Tembladora employs 21 people and loads out an average of 525,000 tons of alumina per year. In June 2003, Tembladora received ISO 14001 Certification, making it one of only eight businesses in Trinidad and Tobago to achieve the environmental certification standard.
Alcoa is currently exploring the longer-term feasibility of building and operating a modern, low-emission aluminium smelter in Trinidad and Tobago based on energy derived from the country's vast natural gas resources.
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