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Rio Tinto Alcan moves forward with $347 million project to modernise and increase production capacity at its Iceland smelter

infomine - mining equipment and supplier news | September 23, 2010 | 9:55 am Base Metals Top Companies Aluminum 

Rio Tinto Alcan will move forward with its planned $347 million modernisation project to increase the annual production capacity of its aluminium smelter in Straumsvik, Iceland (ISAL), after finalising the landmark energy supply agreement reached earlier this year with Landsvirkjun, the Icelandic...

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