Hydro completes deal to acquire aluminum smelter in Norway  [ Norway ]

Norsk Hydro ASA and Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) have closed the deal for Hydro to take over RTA's shares in the aluminum smelter Sor-Norge Aluminium AS (Soral) in Husnes, Norway. With the deal completed, Soral's new plant name will be Hydro Husnes, and the plant has become Hydro's fifth fully owned aluminum smelter in Norway. With a workforce of 230 employees, Hydro Husnes has an annual production ca...