23.4.2009 | 11:26
Helguvķk - "dream on"
Ég skil mętavel aš Sušurnesjamenn eins og ašrir landsmenn horfi vonaraugum į öll tękifęri til aš skapa fleiri störf, atvinnuleysi į Sušurnesjum er nś hęst į öllu landinu. En vęntingar verša aš vera raunhęfar. Ég męli meš žvķ aš menn skoši fréttir um stöšu móšurfélags Noršurįls, Century Aluminium og skoši hvort raunhęft sé aš ętla aš hér rķsi įlver į nęstu fimm įrum. Ķ pistli frį 9. mars sl. segir Įgśst Žórhallsson:
Hvernig ętlar fyrirtęki sem tapaši 100 milljöršum ķ fyrra og metiš er ķ dag į 5 milljarša aš fjįrmagna framkvęmd upp į 90 milljarša ķ žvķ įrferši sem nś er į fjįrmįlamörkušum?
Žaš er mikiš įhyggjuefni aš stjórnvöld sjįi ekki hversu vonlaust žetta verkefni er
Fyrirtękiš hefur róiš aš žvķ öllum įrum aš minnka framleišslu og reyna aš lifa af, enda telur žaš aš framundan sé įframhaldandi veikur markašur fyrir įl.
Century Aluminium tapaši į fyrsta įrsfjóršungi 2009 114 milljónum USD (u.ž.b. 15 milljöršum ISK; sem er žó helmingi minna tap en įriš įšur), į sama tķma var brśttósala ašeins um tvöfalt hęrri tala, eša 225 miljónir USD, helmings minni sala en į sama įrsfjóršungi įriš įšur .
Nešangreindar upplżsingar eru beint śr skżrslu félagsins, sem birt var į mbl.is ķ gęr.
Ég vona aš Noršurįl og Century Aluminum lifi af, en geri mér litlar vonir um aš fyrirtękiš geti annaš en frestaš öllum framkvęmdum viš Helguvķk um ókomna tķš. Aš nefna Helguvķk sem kosningaloforš og jafnvel blanda slķku ķ umręšu um rķkisfjįrlög nęsta įrs į ekkert skylt viš raunveruleikann, žvķ mišur.
Century Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
MONTEREY, CA. April 21, 2009 −− Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX) today reported a net loss of $114.6 million ($1.77 per basic and diluted share) for the first quarter of 2009. Quarterly results were negatively impacted by a charge of $24.3 million ($0.38 per basic and diluted share) related to employee separation expenses, supplier payments and other costs resulting from production curtailments at the Ravenswood, WV and Hawesville, KY primary aluminum smelters.
In the first quarter of 2008, the company reported a net loss [...] of $233.9 million ($5.70 per basic share and diluted share). [...]
Recent highlights included:
· Century has curtailed 28 percent of its global primary aluminum capacity since December 2008. This amount represents approximately 42 percent of our U.S. primary aluminum capacity.
o The Ravenswood, WV smelter was completely curtailed in February, [...]
· As a result of the U.S. plant curtailments, total primary aluminum shipments of 165,488 tonnes decreased 17 percent from the first quarter of 2008. Toll shipments from Iceland of 68,096 tonnes increased two percent from the first quarter of 2008.
Sales for the first quarter of 2009 were $224.6 million, compared with $471.1 million for the first quarter of 2008. Shipments of primary aluminum for the 2009 first quarter were 165,488 metric tonnes, compared with 199,721 metric tonnes shipped in the year-ago quarter.
"We took aggressive actions during the quarter to prepare Century for a prolonged period of weak aluminum markets," said president and chief executive officer Logan W. Kruger. Importantly, the steps we have taken and those we continue to pursue are aimed at establishing Century as a survivor when industry conditions improve. To this end, we have curtailed a significant portion of our U.S. capacity and have meaningfully improved the Company's financial liquidity. We are committed to taking additional actions to improve our position further and are hard at work on a number of fronts. Looking to the future, we continue to evaluate a path forward for the Helguvik, Iceland, greenfield smelter. This project remains an outstanding future growth opportunity that will ultimately benefit from reductions in construction costs that have resulted from the global economic downturn.
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Er ekki bara veriš aš sverma fyrir framsali samningsins samkvęmt grein 7 ?
Pétur Žorleifsson , 23.4.2009 kl. 12:05
Mį vera, Pétur. Viršist alveg kristalltęrt aš Noršurįl byggir ekki įlver ķ brįš, ekki frekar en aš Hagar byggi nżja verslunarmišstöš!
En helduršu aš önnur įlfyrirtęki bķši eftir aš taka viš verkefninu? Helduršu ekki frekar aš žau séu sammįla mati Century aš framundan sé "prolonged period of weak aluminum markets"?
Fyrir svo utan žaš, hvernig fjįrmagna eigi naušsynlega orkuöflun, žegar Landsvirkjun er ekki meš trygga endurfjįrmögnun sem er naušsynleg į nęsta įri til aš geta greitt af nśverandi skuldum?
Einar Karl, 23.4.2009 kl. 12:34
Vissulega er tap móšurfélaga Noršurįls mikiš en framtķšarhorfur eru góšar. Ķ miš austurlöndum vešja menn į įlver og ętla aš byggja žau stór. Ef viš gefum vilyrši fyrir 360.000 tonna įlveri žį eru talsveršar lķkur aš verkefniš verši fjįrmagnaš. Forkįlfar Noršurįls eru bśnir aš fjįrfesta mikiš į svęšinu og nś er žaš undir stjórnmįlamönnum aš skapa gott rekstrarumhverfi i formi skattaafslįtta og ódżrarr orku. Neikvęšni og lygar vinstri manna eru yfirgengilegar og ógešfelldar. Umhverfisfasistar į Ķslandi beita lygum og žykjast vera aš vernda umhverfiš. Lķfiš er nś bara žannig aš žaš žarf aš vega og meta, fórnarkostnašur er naušsynlegur. Okkar óbyggšir og nįttśra er ekki merkilegt plagg žegar kemur aš vinnu fyrir fólki. Allir žurfa aš eiga ofan ķ sig, hśsaskjól.
Vonandi koma alvöru menn žessu ķ gegn. Ekki žetta umhverfispakk sem ętlar meira aš segja aš stoppa olķuleitina og olķubyrgšarstöšina fyrir austan. Fķflaskapur
Baldur (IP-tala skrįš) 23.4.2009 kl. 13:00
"framtķšarhorfur góšar"?
Ekki les ég žaš śt śr skżrslu Century. Markmiš fyrirtękisins er aš lifa af. Žaš er óvķst aš žaš takist. Įlverš er helmingi lęgra en fyrir įri, og er ekkert į uppleiš ķ nįinni framtķš, samkvęmt žeirri eigin spį.
Einar Karl, 23.4.2009 kl. 13:33
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