Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminium smelter in Hafnarfjordur

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  Artur Jensson

  :: 26 March 2018 12:34:45

  Rio Tinto Iceland Ltd. is owned by the global leader in aluminium, Rio Tinto and is one of the biggest industrial companies in Iceland. The company plays a big role in Iceland's economy and supplies about 23% of all the goods exported from Iceland.  The smelter's annual capacity is about 208.000 tons and it employs 380 people year-round.

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  Marek Stranz

  :: 28 January 2018 14:37:58

  First aluminium factory I saw in my life.

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  Matt Andrews

  :: 19 January 2018 09:05:32

  They say you fall in love with your first smelter and they're probably not wrong. As my coach passed by on the way to the airport I couldn't stop staring out of the window as this beautiful building seemed to continue on forever as we passed by, the darkness of the Icelandic winter highlighting this stark, brutalist structure as a powerful reminder of aluminium and its importance to all our lives.

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  Jessica K

  :: 31 December 2017 09:21:53

  Best Google Reviews Ev0r

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  Ben Jones

  :: 07 February 2017 14:32:36

  I took my fiancé to Iceland because it's such a beautiful place to propose. Anyway was driving in from the airport and saw this smelter and I knew right then and there that this was the moment I had been waiting for. I pulled over and got down on one knee and asked her to marry me. Her heart smelted and she said yes. Such a beautiful place and memory for us. Will be having my wedding pictures taken here for sure.