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January/February 2012

AIT January/February 2012

The Jan/Feb edition of Aluminium International Today contains features on Primary, Casthouse and conference reports from two events.

The primary features includes articles from Asas Aluminium and its Six Sigma scheme, a look at the smelter of tomorrow from China's Chalieco and a look at how data dashboards have changed Sohar Aluminium's working ways.

The Casthouse feature inculdes articles from Pyrotek and Aluar Argentina while conference reports come from the Arabal event held in Muscat, Oman and from the ICSOBA seminar in Goa, India.

See you at TMS in March!

Front cover picture courtesy of Dubal.

2 NEWS

UPDATES
8 BRAZIL – Brazilian sheet and plates market
10 UKRAINE – Row threatens Ukrainian industry
12 ALFED – Alfed celebrates 50th anniversary

PRIMARY
15 Simulator solution for pot machine training
18 Six Sigma at Asas Aluminium
22 An outline of a smelter for tomorrow
25 Data dashboards improve a company’s
business intelligence
28 Plasma treatment of spent pot liner
32 Rusal completes VAS modernisation
34 A firing and control system for anode baking
38 Dubal strengthens casting position

CASTHOUSE
41 Thermocouple protection tubes:
Integral for casthouse efficiency
45 A casting table maintenance system:
Aluar’s key to quality billets

CONFERENCE REPORTS
50 Arabal 2011: The rise of the Middle East
54 Opportunities in bauxite residue

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