Using a novel Solid Phase Processing approach, a research team eliminated several steps that are required during conventional extrusion processing of aluminum alloy powders, while also achieving a ...

Secondary aluminum producers demand high-purity shredded aluminum scrap, which requires extraction from a highly mixed stream of shredded materials. STEINERT has both ...

Primary aluminium is produced in reduction plants (or ‘smelters’), where pure aluminium is extracted from alumina by the Hall-Héroult process. Reduction of Alumina to Form Aluminium The reduction of ...

A new treatment method for waste products generated in the aluminum smelting industry has been developed at Portland Aluminium, based in Victoria, Australia. The waste, spent pot lining has been the ...

At any given time I’m likely to have multiple projects in-flight, by which of course I mean in various stages of neglect. My current big project is one where I finally feel like I have a chance to use ...

Aluminum is used everywhere from soda to space capsules, but that hasn't always been the case. Short Wave is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table with profiles of some of its ...

To illustrate the aluminium life cycle, what can be more relevant than the myth of the Fountain of Youth. In this myth, old persons enter a fountain of youth and are transformed back to their young ...

When Apple announced new climate goals last week, the tech giant revealed that some of its sleek, silvery laptops will include a novel material: “low-carbon” aluminum. The lightweight metal is ...