Aluminum

Brazil's Senator from Alcoa Hangs by a Sliver

Sen. José Sarney Receives Aluminum Eagle from President of Alcoa
Sen. José Sarney Receives Aluminum Eagle from President of Alcoa Archive José Sarney rose to power in his home state of Maranhão during Brazil's military dictatorship. He ascended to the presidency of Brazil in 1985 when Tancredo Neves, the president-elect, died on the eve of his taking office. Now, his position as president of the Senate, where he wields power second only to that of Lula, is threatened by revelations of abuse of power in secret financial transactions favoring family members and political cronies, and even leaders of his own party are calling for him to step d

Inga 3 Hydro

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining corporation, wants to build a $5 billion aluminum smelter at the Democratic Republic of Congo's Atlantic coast. The massive smelter would consume 2,500 MW of electricity, more than DR Congo’s entire current power supply. Prerequisites for the smelter include construction of the proposed $3.5 billion Inga 3. But Inga 3 and the smelter would cost Congolese citizens electricity, jobs and development. Building Inga 3 to power BHP Billiton's planned smelter would derail the government's commitment toward widespread electrification for its citizens. Increas

Aluminum in Africa

Wednesday, July 11, 2007
A case study for Earthlife Africa eThekwini and Friends of the Earth Download Aluminum in AfricaWhile the aluminum industry’s interest in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing tremendously, the sector’s contributions to Africa’s economic and human development to date remain dubious. Aluminum is the world’s second most used metal, and the aluminum industry is made up of some of the world’s most powerful companies. These companies regularly secure advantageous energy and infrastructure deals for their aluminum production, but with questionable economic benefit or development for the countries

The Aluminum Can's Dirty Little Secret

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
International Rivers Network, Container Recycling Institute press release CONTACT: Jenny Gitlitz, CRI Research Dir., Dalton, MA (413) 684.4746Pat Franklin, CRI Executive Dir., Washington, DC (703) 276.9800Glenn Switkes, IRN Latin America Dir., São Paulo, Brazil 011.55.11.3822.4157Peter Bosshard, IRN Policy Dir., Berkeley, CA (510) 848.1155 The Aluminum Can’s Dirty Little Secret: On-going Environmental Harm Outpaces the Metal’s “Green” BenefitsWASHINGTON, DCIndustry “greenwashing” obscures the real environmental costs of aluminum production, according to the Container Recycling Ins

Bacia do Araguaia – Tocantins

Xavante indigenous meeting on threats to Araguaia River
Os rios Araguaia e Tocantins, drenando um total de 767.000 km², fluem do planalto central do Brasil rumo ao norte, para o canal sul do rio Amazonas, a montante de Belém. Existem duas ameaças principais ao sistema do Araguaia–Tocantins, que, se analisadas juntas, poderiam significar a morte do rio e de sua vida aquática. A primeira é o plano do governo brasileiro de construir 80 hidrelétricas na bacia – 12 grandes hidrelétricas no canal principal do rio Tocantins (quatro já estão em operação), sete no rio Araguaia (ainda livre de represas), e mais 14 grandes barragens e 47 ba

In Whose Interest? Lom Pangar Dam & Energy Sector Development in Cameroon

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Download In Whose Interest? (PDF 1 MB)This joint report reveals how the aluminum industry in Cameroon is being prioritized over the energy needs of the country’s majority population, at great social and environmental risk, and without a participatory planning process for energy development.

Represando o Zambezi para o alumínio: Represa proposta de "um jogo poder" para ganhar o controle da represa rio acima?

Monday, October 1, 2001
Para um par das semanas em setembro atrasado, os plumes sooty do fumo preto billowed das pilhas do smelter de alumínio de Mozambique (Mozal) nos outskirts do capital de Mozambican, Maputo. Um ano depois que a planta abriu, uma torre refrigerando na planta de tratamento corroeu e deu a maneira, o dióxido de enxôfre vomitando e o fluoreto tóxico no ar. Um oficial da companhia admitiu que o fluoreto estava no fato que está sendo liberado, mas foi rápido reivindicar, "quando o plume preto que emite agora do alto da planta de tratamento for unsightly, ele não é perigoso." An

Foiling the Aluminum Industry

Friday, August 26, 2005
A Toolkit for Communities, Activists, Consumers, and Workers The aluminum industry is the world’s most energy–intensive industry, and also one of the most polluting industries on the planet. With the industry increasingly looking for cheap energy in developing countries to fuel new smelters and to expand already–existing aluminum operations, pressure has mounted for construction of large hydroelectric dams to provide subsidized energy to the multinational operations. International Rivers has published this toolkit, "Foiling the Aluminum Industry – A Toolkit for Communities

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