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CAP alumina project postponed

Companhia de Alumina do Para’s (CAP) Board of Directors has decided to postpone the construction of a new alumina refinery in Barcarena, Brazil.

March 14, 2012

Undeli: Challenging year ahead for bauxite and alumina

"In the short term, the bauxite and alumina industry has a challenge. We are suffering from low profitability, Johnny Undeli, head of Bauxite & Alumin ...

March 12, 2012

Hydro's Schneider next TMS chief

Wolfgang Schneider, a leading research & development executive in Hydro, will become the 56th president of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society at ...

March 8, 2012

Hydro's Brandtzæg inspired by future architects

"It is incredibly inspiring to see so many talented architecture students working to solve one of the major climate change challenges: energy waste in ...

March 2, 2012

Architecture students to create energy-positive building façades

On Monday a four-day workshop was kicked off for architecture students at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). Students will create physi ...

February 28, 2012

E-car in Paris with aluminium sheet from Hydro

Aluminium sheet from Hydro is making electric vehicles lighter. The proof is in France, where electric "Bluecars" are spinning through the boulevards ...

February 28, 2012

Fourth quarter 2011: Lower sales and prices, solid production performance

Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax amounted to NOK 1,133 million in the fourth quarter, down from NOK 1,646 million in the pre ...

February 16, 2012

Hydro Alunorte employee dies following accident

Zacarias Monteiro de Araújo Neto died on February 13. The 26-year-old Alunorte employee had been hospitalized in São Paulo following an accident on th ...

February 14, 2012

Energy-efficient buildings on tap for Norwegian Minister visiting India

Energy-efficient buildings were on the agenda when the Norwegian Minister of Government, Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, Rigmor Aasrud, vis ...

February 8, 2012

Aluminium from WWII bomber headed for memorial

One fateful night in May 1944, the Canadian Halifax bomber LW 682 was shot down over Belgium. With help from Hydro’s plants in Norway, aluminium from ...

February 7, 2012