By Andrea Svendsen, Managing Editor. Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in April 2017 issue of Light Metal Age, as part of a longer article on the the current status and outlook of the aluminum billet industry in North America. The original article included interviews from executives at Alexin, Hydro, Matalco, Nanshan America, UC Rusal, […]
Hydro Aluminium in Commerce, TX, placed an order for the supply of a modern batch homogenizing furnace for extrusion billet from with Hertwich Engineering, a company of the SMS group. Hydro already operates a continuous homogenizing furnace (also from Hertwich) at the Commerce site, where the company processes some 100,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap into […]
Hydro commissioned a EUR 45 million aluminum recycling facility at its Neuss plant in Germany. The facility aims to recycle up to 50,000 tonnes of used beverage cans (UBCs) per year. With the new UBC line, Hydro further optimizes its sourcing of metal for subsequent fabrication. The UBC recycling line in Neuss has created 40 […]
Hydro made a formal decision to build its planned full-scale technology pilot at Karmøy, Norway, aiming to verify the world’s most climate and energy efficient production of primary aluminium, as well as achieve the lowest CO2 footprint in the world. “After several successful improvement programs, the next steps in our efforts to further strengthen our […]
By Dr. Anne Deacon Juhl, AluConsult and AnodizingSchool, and Amelie Haupt, Green Marketing Specialist. The aluminum industry plays a pivotal role in sustainable change, as the lightweight metal is a critical component for many sectors such as transportation, building materials, and consumer goods. Although the extraction of bauxite comes with significant labor costs and environmental […]
Trimet Aluminium SE is completing the expansion of its recycling plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The project will increase production capacity at the site, as well as significantly reducing CO2 emissions by updating the energy supply. This will enable the company to achieve improved eco-balances in the aluminum alloys it produces from recycled scrap, benefiting the […]
Alumtek Minerals (AM), based in Australia, recently completed research and development on bauxite residue waste, commonly known as red mud, which has resulted in the development of a technology to extract critical raw materials. Following a collaboration with Cement Australia, AM developed a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) that meets the stringent Australian Standard AS3582.4 and has […]
