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View down potline 6 of UC Rusal’s Volgograd smelter in Russia. There are 84 pots in this potroom, each pot producing 1.2 tonnes of aluminum per day. Volgograd has been undergoing a modernization, set to be complete in the first quarter of 2013, that will enable the smelter to increase slab output. Learn about this and other developments in the primary aluminum industry, beginning on page 9.
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Primary Aluminum Smelters of the World: Nameplate Capacities and Shutdown Capacities on a Temporary Basis (Tables)
By Rudolf P. Pawlek, Contributing Editor
Page 6
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Primary Aluminum Industry in the Year 2012
By Rudolf P. Pawlek, Contributing Editor
Page 9
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First Metal Tapped at Ma’aden-Alcoa Smelter: Integrated Complex in Saudi Arabia to Become Lowest Cost Aluminum Producer in the World
By Andrea Svendsen, Managing Editor
Page 24
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Arabal 2012 – Middle East Forum for Progressive Aluminum Dialog, Part I
By Andrew Hall, Contributing Editor
Page 28
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Status of the Primary Aluminum Industry in Brazil
By Ayrton Filleti, Brazilian Aluminum Association (ABAL)
Page 36
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Managing Growth, Sustainability, Technology, & Process Improvements for the Largest Smelter in Gulf Region: Interview with Abdulla J.M. Kalban, DUBAL
By Andrea Svendsen, Managing Editor
Page 40
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AP Technology Platform for High Amperage Pots Begins Demonstration Phase
By Bernard Allais, Rio Tinto Alcan
Page 42
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Coordinating Aluminum’s Increasing Role in the Gulf: Interview with Mahmood Daylami, General Secretary, GAC
Page 44
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MMPDS Handbook: A Key Element in Aircraft and Aerospace Design
By Michael Niedzinski, Constellium; Jana Rubadue and Richard Rice, Battelle; and Jim Kabbara, FAA
Page 46
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69th World Magnesium Conference
By Robert E. (Bob) Brown, Contributing Editor
Page 50
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New Reversing Rolling Mill Can Make Magnesium Sheet Commercially Viable
By Roberto Passoni, Chris Romanowski, Enrico Romano, and Pier Michele Cattelino, FATA Hunter
Page 53
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Detroit Auto Show 2013: Year of Lightweighting, Year of Sustainability
By Joseph C. Benedyk, Editor
Page 56
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ALUMINIUM 2012: The Aluminum World Assembles in Düsseldorf
Page 58
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