No More Alcoa Secrets 9. júní 2006 11:07 Parliamentarian Helgi Hjörvar As reported yesterday an article appeared on aluminium company Alcoa's website, stating that the company pays 50 percent less for hydroelectric power in Iceland than in Brazil. Member of Parliament and also Board of Directors for the National Power Company, Helgi Hjörvar was surprised that Alcoa's CEO wished to publicly announce Alcoa's paying price for hydroelectric power in Iceland because these figures have been kept a secret in Iceland. "Not revealing these figures was harshly debated in Iceland at the time, especially since The National Power Company belongs to the public and is run by tax money," says Helgi Hjörvar. He wants the price for hydroelectric power out in the open so that people in Iceland should know on what basis the contracts with Alcoa are built. Helgi Hjörvar declared that since Alcoa chooses to publicly discuss the figures on their website they cannot demand that The National Power Company deny Icelandic citizens this information. The article has been removed from Alcoa's website. -hbv News News in English Mest lesið Hundrað prósenta tollaaukning á allar vörur frá Kína Erlent Kourani fluttur á Klepp Innlent Nóbelsnefndin rannsakar mögulegan leka og óvenjuleg veðmál Erlent Hvattir til að leggja tímanlega af stað Innlent Beygjuvasarnir stórhættulegir Innlent Gengst við því að hafa grandað farþegaþotunni Erlent Fjöldi látinn eftir að verksmiðja sprakk í loft upp Erlent Þarf að una áminningu í máli móður í forsjárdeilu Innlent Grínaðist með Möggu Stínu: „Fyrsta líflátshótunin kom 18 mínútum seinna“ Innlent Trump segir Hamas og Ísraela hafa náð samkomulagi Erlent
As reported yesterday an article appeared on aluminium company Alcoa's website, stating that the company pays 50 percent less for hydroelectric power in Iceland than in Brazil. Member of Parliament and also Board of Directors for the National Power Company, Helgi Hjörvar was surprised that Alcoa's CEO wished to publicly announce Alcoa's paying price for hydroelectric power in Iceland because these figures have been kept a secret in Iceland. "Not revealing these figures was harshly debated in Iceland at the time, especially since The National Power Company belongs to the public and is run by tax money," says Helgi Hjörvar. He wants the price for hydroelectric power out in the open so that people in Iceland should know on what basis the contracts with Alcoa are built. Helgi Hjörvar declared that since Alcoa chooses to publicly discuss the figures on their website they cannot demand that The National Power Company deny Icelandic citizens this information. The article has been removed from Alcoa's website. -hbv
News News in English Mest lesið Hundrað prósenta tollaaukning á allar vörur frá Kína Erlent Kourani fluttur á Klepp Innlent Nóbelsnefndin rannsakar mögulegan leka og óvenjuleg veðmál Erlent Hvattir til að leggja tímanlega af stað Innlent Beygjuvasarnir stórhættulegir Innlent Gengst við því að hafa grandað farþegaþotunni Erlent Fjöldi látinn eftir að verksmiðja sprakk í loft upp Erlent Þarf að una áminningu í máli móður í forsjárdeilu Innlent Grínaðist með Möggu Stínu: „Fyrsta líflátshótunin kom 18 mínútum seinna“ Innlent Trump segir Hamas og Ísraela hafa náð samkomulagi Erlent