Low-Carbon Aluminum for Premium Products
Aluminum production in Iceland for 26 years
A recyclable metal that is all around us and contributes to a reduced carbon footprint by making products and vehicles worldwide lighter.
We convert Icelandic power to a high quality and valuable export product with a far smaller carbon footprint than almost all competition can offer.
Norðurál Soccer Tournament
Norðurálsmótið, or the Norðurál Soccer Tournament for 5-8 year old kids, was held in Akranes June 17-20.
We thank all participants and their families for a wonderful time and have of course started countdown for the 2025 tournament!
Iceland´s Environmental Company
We are proud of the accomplishments of our employees on environmental and social issues and grateful for the honor shown to the company with this award.
Billet production
Norðurál builds a new billet casthouse at the smelter at Grundartangi. No additional CO2 is released through our billet production in Iceland and the power requirements are significantly lower than if they were produced abroad.
Icelandic aluminum around the world
At our Norðurál plant, around 600 people work to extract pure aluminum from aluminum oxide with Icelandic energy. Aluminum and aluminum alloys go to foreign markets, and the Icelandic aluminum industry is one of the country’s largest export sectors.
Financial Statements
We produced of 310.421 tonnes of aluminum and aluminum alloys in 2023. Electricity usage was about 25% of all electricity produced in Iceland. Total number of employees was 614.
In Grundartangi since 1997
Norðurál in Grundartangi is among the largest aluminum plants in Europe, with an annual production of 317.000 tons and approximately 600 employees.
- 2014 Production increase prepared by increasing the power and production of alloy begins. Mercedes-Benz uses aluminum from Norðurál for their C-Class car that is made 50% of aluminum.
- 2015 Norðurál signs the Paris Climate Agreement and thereby commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and waste production.
- 2016 Separation of organic waste begins in the cafeteria where 110 thousand meals are served every year. Green parking lots established.
- 2017 Approximately 317.000 tons of aluminum and alloy are produced. Number of employees is 600.
- 2018 All togher! an extensive employee safety project launched that reminds us that safety depends on the cooperation of us all.
- 2019 Norðurál receives ASI certification, for environmentally friendly and responsible production, and Equal pay certification.
- 2020 We introduce Natur-Al ™, low-carbon aluminum with one of the lowest CO₂ footprints in the world.
- 2021 A sales contract for Natur-Al™ with the Austrian company HAI is signed. The first long-term contract for green aluminum, globally.
- 2022 Norðurál chosen The Environmental Company of the year by the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise.
- 2023 Target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, from sources outside the EU Emissions Trading System, by at least 40% is reached. We aim higher and set a goal for a 55% reduction by 2030.
Visit Us
Our place of work is unusual in a few ways. The “Pot Rooms” are not really rooms, but massive buildings covering a stretch of almost 3 miles. Our stock room is no pantry either, with massive coils of spare wire stacked 60 feet from the ground. We welcome groups for guided tours. Send us a request for a tour by e-mail or call +354 430 1000 and we’ll do our best to find a convenient time to accommodate you.