Word: aluminum
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...Vatnajökull icecap, where glacial rivers flow through magnificent canyons in a starkly beautiful volcanic landscape. The men are working on the Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project: a vast network of dams, reservoirs, tunnels, power stations and high-tension lines to support a new aluminum-smelting plant for the U.S. multinational Alcoa on a fjord some 70 km to the east. At a total projected cost of $2.2 billion for the smelter and its hydropower system, it's the biggest construction project in Iceland's history - and it's taking shape in one of Europe's last...
...building its plant, Alcoa gets access to Iceland's cheap and clean hydropower and a new harbor facility to be built nearby. The company says that when production begins in 2007, the plant will be one of the most efficient, safe and environmentally friendly in the world. Aluminum is smelted from an oxide called alumina, which is refined from bauxite ore - and Fjardaál will be capable of churning out 322,000 metric tons of aluminum each year. Alcoa says it will recycle materials and use the most eco-friendly production technology to control fumes and minimize waste discharge...
Meanwhile, there was plenty of trading in material goods during the week as well. Garciaparra gave Hendricks two personal bats—“to use,” said Hendricks—to prepare for a new career without aluminum. “I hope they have hits in them,” laughed Garciaparra. “I’m sorry if they don?...
...ONCE QUIT COMEDY FOR 12 YEARS TO SELL ALUMINUM SIDING IN NEW JERSEY. DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING SELLING SIDING THAT HELPED WHEN YOU WENT BACK TO COMEDY? No, but I learned something about selling things from doing comedy. In both fields, the most important ingredient is, you've gotta be liked. Whether you're selling aluminum siding or going onstage, you gotta make 'em like you and believe...
...long as any interest-rate climb is slow and takes place over an extended period, says Christopher Haley, a REIT analyst at Wachovia Securities. And that's just the scenario many economists anticipate, as the rebounding economy finally generates jobs and pushes up the price of everything from aluminum to zinc. The best REITs focus on apartment buildings, where vacancy rates are poised to start falling next year...