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AIT September/October 2010
The September/October 2010 issue of Aluminium International Today will be distributed at the Aluminium 2010 trade fair in Essen, Germany.
The 108-page issue includes features on Primary, Casthouse and Fabrication as well as a host of conference reports and other articles.
The Primary section includes an investigation of a new heat exchanger design at Alcoa's Mosjoen plant in Norway and the results of the International Aluminium Institute's anode effect survey.
Casthouse features Fives Solios' Genios design while Fabrication includes innovative techniques for Friction Stir Welding.
Our usual updates from around the globe are included as well as the latest news from the industry.
Come and visit us at Essen 2010, our stand is 3M10.
Front cover courtesy of Dubal.
September/October 2010
NEWS
4 Hydro posts improved resuslts
10 Diary: Rodding Conference, 10-12 May 2011 in Iceland
UPDATES
12 USA – Market oversupply causes price headaches
14 Latin America – Brazil makes aluminium forecast
16 China – Exports and demand boost China’s aluminium wheel market
20 India – India faces 2014 demand/surplus deadline
22 Russia – Secondary manufacturers ponder added-value production decline
PRIMARY
25 Applicability of Carbon Capture & Storage in primary aluminium smelters
32 The merits of Qatalum’s tapping vehicles
33 IAI survey: Aluminium industry continues to reduce emissions
37 The global crisis and smelter construction
40 New materials for the production of graphitised carbon products
45 New heat exchanger design at Alcoa Mosjøen
50 Dubal’s greener aluminium
CASTHOUSE
53 Advanced submersion melting using ‘Genios’
56 Continuous rod casting spouts for longer casts
56 Flexible graphite for the casthouse
FABRICATION
59 Friction stir welding – innovative techniques
68 Acoustics boost ultrasonic welding
69 Upgrade to nesting and hole cutting software
CONFERENCE REPORTS
71 INALCO 2010 – New frontiers in light metals
79 Green the theme at CRU’s world aluminium event
84 Expoaluminio 2010 review
OTHERS
90 Smaller door brings benefits to pusher furnace
94 Predicting the bad debtors of tomorrow
98 Farnborough 2010 sees composites in the air
101 Local support assists Portland smelter
103 Laser vision to measure profiles