… Aluminum and Alumina 15 Alcoa’s Wenatchee  smelter in Washington state, idle since 2001, resumed production. In partnership with  Elkem ASA, Alcoa plans  to build an anode plant  in Mosjøen, Norway.  The new facility will supply Alcoa’s new Fjar aál smelter in Iceland and  the two companies’ Mosjøen smelter. Alcoa World Alumina  and Chemicals’ Suralco business completed a 250,000 mtpy expansion of its refinery in  Suriname well ahead  of schedule. A 600,000 mtpy efficiency upgrade at the Pinjarra, Australia, alumina refinery is scheduled for comple- tion by year-end 2005. A memorandum of  understanding with the Government of the  Republic of Ghana paved the way for feasibility studies on developing an integrated aluminum industry in that country.