Inter Press Service: The disastrous state of the Icelandic banking system means that Icelandic energy and aluminium companies can no longer find willing overseas lenders as before. Among new developments affected is the main aluminium plant at Helguvik in south-west Iceland. After much controversy and an appeal, permission was given in March 2008 for a smelter with a production capacity of 250,000 tonnes a year. Construction has begun, even though energy supply for the plant was not …