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Norway’s Hydro bids to acquire Rio Tinto’s ISAL aluminum smelter
Norsk Hydro has made a binding offer to acquire Rio Tinto’s 100% share of the Icelandic aluminum plant ISAL, the company said Monday. The $345 million offer also includes Rio Tinto’s 53% share of the Dutch anode facility Aluchemie and the 50% share in Swedish aluminum fluoride plant Alufluor. ISAL produces 210,000 mt/year of liquid […]
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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 […]
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Massive Sheep Death Could Be Linked To Holuhraun
The mysterious and widespread sheep death may be attributed to poisoning from the Holuhraun eruption. RÚV reports that there is research now underway to see if the recent sickening and dying off of hundreds of sheep across Iceland can be attributed to the Holuhraun eruption. The situation is so grave, in fact, that an exception […]
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Eruption at Holuhraun officially at an end
At noon of the 28th of February, the Scientific Advisory Board for Iceland´s recent volcanic activity officially declared that the eruption at Holuhraun has come to an end. A first mention of a visible reduction in the amount of lava emitted over the previous 2 weeks was reported on the 6th of February – but […]
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Is fluoride hurting Iceland’s farm animals?
Reydarfjordur, Iceland – For the third summer in a row, hydrogen fluoride has been detected in vegetation samples taken near an aluminium plant in eastern Iceland, worrying farmers and horse owners who fear for their animals’ well-being. Aluminium plants emit fluoride, a chemical element that can be toxic to animals and humans in high concentrations. The […]
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Landowners demand end to smelter pollution
A group of landowners in Reyðarfjörður have told the Alcoa Fjarðaál aluminium smelter to stop the emission of fluoride in the area. Austurfrétt reports that the landowners’ group Landeigendur Áreyja has told the directorship to put an end to the omissions, which they say are far too high. Guðrún Kjartansdóttir, speaking to reporters on the […]
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Large earthquake shakes Iceland Bardarbunga volcano site
A 5.4 magnitude tremor has hit the Bardarbunga volcano early on Saturday, but there were no signs of a fresh eruption. The quake was recorded at 0703 GMT, said Icelandic Met Office seismologist Martin Hensch. The latest quake comes a day after a small eruption along a fissure in a glacier about 40km from the […]
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Iceland on alert for massive eruption of Bardarbunga volcano
Magma is on the move in Iceland. But is it moving up? This is the question facing geologists as they contemplate a potential eruption of a massive volcano under the island nation’s largest glacier—a volcano that dwarfs Eyjafjallajokull, whose 2010 eruption famously disrupted air travel for days, stranding millions of travelers. Iceland is not nicknamed […]
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Says residents in no danger from fluoride emissions
Despite fluoride levels in the grass around an aluminium smelter being above the safe limit for three years in a row, residents in the area have been told they are in no danger. The Real Estate, Planning and Environmental Committee of Fjarðabyggð met with officials from The Environmental Agency of Iceland (UST) and the Icelandic […]
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Fluoride levels in East Iceland drop slightly
The levels of fluoride in grass in areas around the Alcoa aluminum smelter in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, proved to be just below the guideline limit in the Environment Agency of Iceland’s third round of testing this summer. The pollution levels have dropped compared to the first two rounds of testing, when fluoride was found to […]
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