Difficult silicon market hinders sale of helguvik smelter. Icelandic geothermal power company hs orka gets out of. This website is dedicated to software for aluminum smelting. In 1998 a second smelter was constructed by century aluminum now a subsidiary of controversial mining giant glencore, at hvalfjor. Mannvit will be responsible for the design, procurement and construction of the plant. For this purpose you use interactive web pages or pcprograms that you may download and install on your computer. The software helps you to answer questions or to solve problems of every day aluminum production as well as of research and development. Construction for the smelter began in in 2008 but since then has met with a. Design, environmental impact assessment eia and feasibility study for the financing of the thorsil silicon metal plant to be built in helguvik. Plans to operate a 250360 thousand ton aluminium smelter in helguvik, which has in fact been under construction since 2008, seem ever. Wilbur ross, the secretary of commerce and presidential confidant, has noted that a single domestic aluminum smelter, in hawesville, ky. Helguvik aluminum smelter project century aluminum.
Wood mackenzies asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. Based on current aluminium prices, the estimated export value once the first phase is in full operation is approximately isk 35 billion per year. The economy of iceland is small and subject to high volatility. In 1969 the first of three aluminium smelters was built in iceland at straumsvik, near hafnafjor. Aluminium smelting is the most important powerintensive industry in iceland. The helguvik project is a greenfield project for an aluminum reduction facility in helguvik, iceland helguvik or the helguvik project, owned by our wholly. Nordural helguvik is party to a power agreement with or for a portion of helguviks. The helguvik project site is located approximately 30 miles 48 kilometers. Hrv engineering did the preparatory work, including eia for total production 346,000 tpy ap36 smelter with all required support facilities and infrastructure.
The total cost for the first phase of the smelter, which will be brought into use before yearend 2010, amounts to isk 70 to 80 billion. The helguvik project is a greenfield project for an aluminum reduction facility in helguvik, iceland helguvik or the helguvik project, owned by our whollyowned subsidiary nordural helguvik ehf. Angel tree, blood drive, painting garbage cans, overseeing a swim. Alcoa has been planning for some years for the building of a new 250,000 to 360,000ton smelter at bakki by the town of husavik in the north of iceland. Century aluminums nordural aluminum plant helguvik, iceland. Iceland renews push for aluminium plant inter press service. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset.
This is a list of primary aluminium smelters in the world. General manager at aluminiumindustriens miljosekretariat ams aluminium. Icelands arion bank, which has a number of holding companies including stakksberg, the company entailed with the task of trying to sell the silicon metal smelter in helguvik originally owned by united silicon and closed down by the environment agency ea in september 2017, has sent out a statement saying that they have reduced the. We are constructing a primary aluminum facility in helguvik, iceland the. Instead of verse, raw red bauxite a mixture of aluminum oxides flows freshly mined from the hills to a large smelter operated by aluminium of. Thorsil metallurgical grade silicon plant helguvik, reykjanes. Century aluminum company is a delaware corporation with principal executive offices located at one south wacker drive, suite, chicago, illinois 60606. Kristin sigurjonsdottir general manager aluminiumindustriens.