Rio Tinto Alcan To Boost Iceland Aluminum Smelter Output 20%
September 23 2010 - 12:04PM
Dow Jones News
Rio Tinto Alcan, a unit of Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), said Thursday it
is moving ahead with plans to boost production at its aluminum
smelter in Straumsvik, Iceland by investing $347 million to
modernize the plant.
Rio Tinto Alcan is boosting capacity by 20% to around 230,000
metric tons of aluminum after securing a 26-year energy supply
contract from Landsvirkjun, the Icelandic power utility, that will
provide an extra 75 megawatts of power on top of its existing power
contract. The new energy supply contract will start on Oct. 1, 2010
and expire in 2036.
"Expanding the production capacity at ISAL (the Icelandic
aluminum smelter) is in line with Rio Tinto Alcan's strategy to
develop our top-tier assets," said Jean-Philippe Puig, president at
Rio Tinto Alcan for Primary Metal, Europe, Middle East and
Africa.
Output is forecast to gradually increase from April 2012 and
reach full output by July 2014. ISAL directly employs 450 people
and spends approximately 1.5 billion Icelandic Krona ($12.7
million) in the country every month.
-By Alex MacDonald, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9328;
alex.macdonald@dowjones.com
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