The Montana Department of Environmental Quality on Friday approved a plan for removing hazardous waste from pot-room buildings at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. The announcement ends months of waiting, as Calbag Metals — which purchased most of the above-ground assets at the facility north of Columbia Falls — was required to obtain permission from the […]
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Smelter Emissions May Have Sickened Horses
Fluorine pollution from a nearby aluminium smelter may be causing horses in the area to be getting ill. RÚV reports that Ragnheiður Þorgrímsdóttir, who takes care of the horses at Kúludalsá farm, has noticed a disturbing trend. Many of the horses on the farm have struggled with illness for years due to metabolic disorders. It […]
Tester still wants Superfund cleanup
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and Steve Wright, environmental manager for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co., discuss the site during a tour on Thursday. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake) During a tour of the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. on Thursday, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said he still hopes to see the site designated under the federal […]
BALCO unions seek PM’s intervention to bail out local players
NEW DELHI: Already hit by more than 1,000 job cuts at Vedanta Group company Balco’s Chhattisgarh unit, the company’s trade unions have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help bail out local aluminium makers from cheaper imports from China. After BALCO shut its rolling mill in Chhattisgarh leading to 1,000 job cuts citing economic unviability, […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s letter to Alcoa’s Chairman & CEO
November 16, 2015 Klaus Kleinfeld Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alcoa Inc. 390 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Kleinfeld: The recent announcement that Alcoa was closing operations in Massena was, quite frankly, shocking. For years, New York State has gone to great lengths to keep Alcoa’s operations running in Massena. More specifically,we […]
Alcoa Wenatchee fined for water quality violations
Pollution levels in wastewater discharged to Columbia River above limits OLYMPIA – Alcoa has been fined $36,000 for discharging too much aluminum, fluoride and suspended solids to the Columbia River from the company’s Wenatchee Works smelter in Malaga. The smelter operates under a Clean Water Act permit that regulates the treatment and discharge of wastewater. […]
Abu Dhabi fluorides plant eyes demand from Gulf aluminium smelters
The Gulf’s first aluminium fluoride plant in Abu Dhabi is aiming to tap growing demand from smelters in the region, its chief executive said on Tuesday… Commercial production has begun at the 1.5 billion dirham ($410 million) newly-built facility run by Gulf Fluor, a family-owned private firm. Gulf Fluor will produce 60,000 tonnes per annum […]
County health board wants more answers on Columbia Falls Aluminum site
When it comes to cleanup talks for the closed Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. smelter plant, gathering more information about contamination is the stated goal of government agencies and the plant’s owner, Glencore. But sharp discussion at the April 16 meeting of the Flathead City-County Board of Health shows there’s less agreement about whether the Superfund […]
Public participation and environmental monitoring compared
In the south of Uzbekistan, where most white Eurasian storks (Ciconia ciconia) migrating from the Indian subcontinent breed, the contamination from TALCO is affecting many native birds such as duck, falcon and bustard, representing all native wildlife, as well costing the human population dear. Among the Central Asian nations, few have quite as many concerns […]
Tajikistan to increase aluminum production
Tajikistan plans to produce around 190 thousand tons of aluminum this year, compared to 121 thousand tons in 2014, Avesta news agency reported citing Tajikistan’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Sharif Rakhimzoda. Last year the average price of aluminum was $1,870 per ton. According to the minister, early in 2014 the ministry forecasted aluminum […]