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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.
Recent News
Monitoring Potroom Insulation
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Bonnell Aluminum to close Indiana site
An aluminium extrusion plant in Kentland, Indiana, USA is to close.
Gulf industry to reach 10% of global output
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Norsk Hydro writedowns to impact Q4 results
Norsk Hydro will write down assets by NOK1.3bn ($221.9M), which will affect its Q4 2011 results.
Recent Features
Metallurgical Assessment of Acid Etch as Anodizing Pretreatment
A test programme took place to measure the response of the acid etch process to various alloy compositions. The impact of acid etch and combined caustic etch times was assessed along with the surface topography produced by these treatments.
This paper won the Robert L Kersman Award for Best Paper at the 2010 International Anodizing Conference, Montreal, Canada.
By Nick Parson, Marc Lebleu and Frederic Savard
Extending equipment life at alumina refinery
Weld overlay cladding and fabrication company Arc Energy Resources has recently completed a complex on-site repair to a set of expansion bellows for an alumina refinery. This article reviews the problems encountered and explores solutions provided. By Alan Robinson*
Krasnoyarsk Congress report
The III International Congress and Exhibition: Non-Ferrous Metals 2011 was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia between September 7 – 9.
Austrian foil rolling plant upgraded
In 2004 Austrian company the Constantia Group decided its foil rolling plant could not keep pace with long term increasing demand. To ensure a reliable foil supply to its Mühlhofen plant,
near Vienna and the rest of the group, it decided to build a new aluminium foil rolling plant on its greenfield site.