Cover
New potline at Dubal smelter.
Articles
Primary Aluminum Smelters of the World: Nameplate Capacities/Shut Down Capacities on a Temporary Basis
By Rudolf P. Pawlek
Page 8
The Primary Aluminum Industry 1999/2000
By Rudolf P. Pawlek
Page 12
Best Practice: Its Importance for Primary Aluminum Smelters
By David Moison, Metal Strategies International, LLC
Page 28
Extrusion Billet Casthouse at SAPA in Vetlanda
By A.I. “Ed” Nussbaum
Page 34
Magnesium Die Casting: From Ingots to Automotive Parts
By Håkon Westengen, Norsk Hydro Research Centre
Page 44
Australian Magnesium Projects: Update
By Robert E. Brown
Page 54
The 9th Int’l Arab Aluminum Conf. and Exhibition: Arabal’99
By Andrew Hall
Page 58
5th Int’l Conference and Exhibition: Aluminium of Siberia 1999
By Michael Kogan
Page 72
Fifteenth Int’l Titanium Association Applications Conference
By F.H. “Sam” Froes
Page 76
Directory of Aluminum Smelting Equipment Mfgrs. and Suppliers
Page 80
Magnesium at NADCA Congress and Exposition
By Robert E. Brown
Page 103