Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro and the Brazilian federal prosecutors' office (MPF) have filed a joint petition to remove the embargoes on Alunorte's new bauxite residue deposit area.
The petition has been sent to the Federal Court in Bel?(C)m, Brazil, who put an embargo in place at the Alunorte alumina refinery on March 1, 2018, to suspend the use of the solid waste deposit 2 (DRS2). Embargoes were put in place because of restrictions imposed by environmental and legal authorities in Brazil. The joint petition aims to allow the alumina refinery to resume its installation and commissioning activities at DRS2. "This is an important step forward, arising from...