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 „Síðasta sem hann vildi var að það yrði til nýr Stefán Blackburn” Innlent Saknaði þess að fá ekki einu sinni tölvupóst eftir fjörutíu ára starf Innlent Logandi bíll á hvolfi í Kópavogi Innlent Baðst afsökunar á miður fallegum orðum í garð annarra verjenda Innlent Samfélagið í molum eftir fráfall ungrar konu: „Við erum enn þá í áfalli“ Innlent Ákærður fyrir að nauðga barni frá því að það var tveggja ára Innlent „Honum var kastað til hliðar eins og hverju öðru drasli“ Innlent Hildur segir af sér til að forðast átök Innlent „Enginn engill“ en heldur ekki morðingi Innlent Verjandi Lúkasar: „Þetta er bissness, þetta er viðskiptahugmynd“ Innlent
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 „Síðasta sem hann vildi var að það yrði til nýr Stefán Blackburn” Innlent Saknaði þess að fá ekki einu sinni tölvupóst eftir fjörutíu ára starf Innlent Logandi bíll á hvolfi í Kópavogi Innlent Baðst afsökunar á miður fallegum orðum í garð annarra verjenda Innlent Samfélagið í molum eftir fráfall ungrar konu: „Við erum enn þá í áfalli“ Innlent Ákærður fyrir að nauðga barni frá því að það var tveggja ára Innlent „Honum var kastað til hliðar eins og hverju öðru drasli“ Innlent Hildur segir af sér til að forðast átök Innlent „Enginn engill“ en heldur ekki morðingi Innlent Verjandi Lúkasar: „Þetta er bissness, þetta er viðskiptahugmynd“ Innlent