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  • Figure 2. Women gather to network and share their experiences at an EE Women’s Network meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

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    Addressing Recruitment Challenges Through Diversity and Inclusion

    By Kevin Widlic, Contributing Editor. Hydro believes it is going to see a dramatic shift in its employee base over the next five years, with 25,000 new employees entering the company. Some of these new employees will join through acquisitions in support of future growth, while others will be through recruitment. Of these, a higher […]

  • Aerial view of an aluminum smelter by a lake

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    Hydro to Test Plasma Technology at Its Casthouse in Norway

    Hydro was granted NOK 39.6 million (US$3.78 million) in soft funding from Enova, an enterprise established by the Norwegian Government, for a project that could have global impact on hard-to-abate industries. The company will begin testing emission-free plasma technology in the casthouse at its Sunndal aluminum smelter in Norway. “We aim to change the game […]

  • The Logan Aluminum can sheet production facility in Russellville, KY.

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    Logan Aluminum Improves Efficiency and Lowers Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    By Steven A. Wilkerson, Logan Aluminum, and Geoff Perdue and Steve Cherico, Wahl Refractory Solutions.  The drive for continuous improvement and the emphasis on the team concept are key to the success at Logan Aluminum, a major aluminum can sheet manufacturer based in Kentucky. This motivation propels the company to investigate and implement new technologies […]

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    NioCorp Plans to Produce Scandium Master Alloy to Supply Lightweight Parts to Vehicles

    Aluminum alloys containing scandium offer high-strength, corrosion-resistant, weldable alternatives to existing aluminum options and deliver significant property improvements and light-weighting opportunities, particularly in transportation applications. Military and strategic applications are expected to be significant as well. In order to serve this demand, NioCorp Developments Ltd. plans to produce an aluminum-scandium master alloy (Al-Sc MA) product from […]

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    BCAST and Alloyed to Accelerate Aluminum Alloy Development

    Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at the Brunel University London is partnering with Alloyed, a U.K. company that designs digital solutions for metals manufacturers, on a new project aimed at supporting the development of new aluminum alloys. New alloys are normally developed by tweaking what goes into a standard alloy, then using trial […]

  • A baghouse for eliminating emissions (of the type to be installed).

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    Aluminum Dynamics Orders Furnaces and Casting Equipment for Three New Plants

    Aluminum Dynamics, the newly formed aluminum operations of Steel Dynamics, Inc., signed a contract with Gillespie & Powers Inc. along with their strategic partners Hustler Conveyor Company, American Pulverizer Company, and ETA Engineering for the supply of furnace equipment, pre-treatment equipment, and air pollution control equipment for their recently announced, state-of-the-art facilities in Columbus, Mississippi, Gila […]