ALCOA To Begin Feasibility Studies For Geothermal Aluminum Smelter

[jpak]

http://www.azom.com/details.asp?newsID=4988

Alcoa and the Government of Iceland have agreed to begin detailed feasibility studies for the development of a 250,000 metric ton per year (mtpy) aluminum smelter based principally on geothermal energy, at Bakki near Husavik in North Iceland. The agreement comes after Alcoa selected Husavik following an extensive joint public comparative study which weighed three prospective sites in North Iceland. The other sites were at Brimnes near Skagafjordur and Dynses near Akureyri. It is the first time that such an exhaustive public comparative study has been conducted for industrial site selection in Iceland.

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[Democrats_win]

1. Interesting. Aluminum industry is notorious for needing cheap energy.

Takes a lot of electricity to process Al ore (Bauxite)

[Warpy]

2. Aluminum smelting is an energy hog

They should have thought of this one years ago.