“Ekki bindandi kosning” segir Dick Evans forstjóri Alcan um niđurstöđur kosningarinnar 31. mars
27. April 2007Eins og fram kom á forsíđu Fjarđarpóstsins gćr, sem byggđ er á frétt frá Dow Jones Newswires, er haft eftir Dick Evans forstjóra Alcan Inc. ađ kosningarnar um stćkkun álversins í Straumsvík séu ekki bindandi. Miđađ viđ ţetta mćtti halda ađ áđurnefndur forstjóri hafi eingöngu upplýsingar frá Jóni Sigurđsyni iđnađarráđherra, en tekiđ var eftir ađ hann fullyrti ţađ sama og Dick gerir nú eftir ađ niđurstöđur kosninganna lágu fyrir.
Hér er svo upptaka frá símafundi Alcan sem Dow Jones Newswires byggja sína frétt á. Smelliđ hér og fariđ á 01:09:35 ţar heyriđ ţiđ spurningar blađakonu Dow Jones Newswires og svör forstjóra Alcan.
Frétt Dow Jones Newswires ţriđjudag 24. apríl: LONDON (Dow Jones)– 11:32 042407
The expansion of Alcan Inc’s (AL) Isal aluminum smelter
in Iceland is uncertain as a result of a recent local referendum voting
against the project, the company said Tuesday.
Although the vote was non-binding, Alcan chief executive Dick Evans said
the decision to proceed with an expansion has been delayed.
“We need to now go back to see how we can develop the support in the
community as we obviously won’t move ahead with the project when half the
people there have concerns,” he said.
Evans was speaking on a conference call for the company’s first-quarter
results.
Residents of Hafnarfjordur in Iceland voted at the start of April against a
$1.2-billion expansion of Alcan’s plant that would have more than doubled
capacity and added hundreds of jobs in the town of about 25,000 people.
The Alcan plant currently has about 450 employees, of which about half live in
Harnarfjordur.The expansion would have boosted capacity from 180,000 metric
tons a year currently to 460,000 tons a year with the construction of a new potline.
Evans noted “obvious concerns about industrial development in Iceland,
particularly aluminum projects, which are so very much in the public mind.
“But he said he remained relatively optimistic that the company would be
able to find a way to achieve a solution in Iceland.
“We typically find these types of delays,” Evans said. “I think that at the
end of the day, Alcan’s track record in Iceland, will allow us to gain local
support,” he added.
If this wasn’t eventually forthcoming, Evans said the smelter’s “long term
future could be in jeopardy,” stressing that this wasn’t an immediate issue.
-By Andrea Hotter, Dow Jones Newswires
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