Casthouse

Subscribe Now

  • Top of a large aluminum furnace in an industrial plant

    Posted in:

    EGA Spectro Alloys to Further Expand Rosemount Recycling Facility

    EGA Spectro Alloys, which is 80% owned by Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA),  plans to continue growing its recycling operations with phase two of its recycling expansion. This announcement follows the recently grand opening of its 90,000 sq foot recycling facility. “This marks a momentous time in Spectro’s 52-year history,” said Luke Palen, president of EGA Spectro […]

  • Posted in:

    Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Engineering Secondary Aluminum Remelters

    By Matthew Cortelli, P.E., Ramboll. As new secondary aluminum plants are not mass produced, it is pertinent to utilize the lessons learned from previous projects and apply best available technology (BAT) to the next one, so that aluminum remelt facilities can benefit from the continuous improvement process. Ideally, the secondary aluminum producer involves operations personnel […]

  • The nexcast aluminum strip casting machine

    Posted in:

    Golden Aluminum Starts Up Innovative Aluminum Strip Caster

    Golden Aluminum Inc. (GAI) successfully achieved commercial start-up of a new aluminum strip caster at its Fort Lupton facility in Colorado. Supplied by SMS group, the nexcast® machine is a next-generation strip caster jointly developed by GAI and SMS. “Bringing nexcast online marks a major step forward for Golden Aluminum and demonstrates the strength of […]

  • A hydrogen storage area in an industrial aluminum plant

    Posted in:

    Novelis Demonstrates Industrial-Scale Hydrogen Fuel Switching at Latchford

    Novelis Inc. successfully completed the U.K.’s first full-scale hydrogen fuel switching demonstration in the aluminum industry at its Latchford plant — marking a major step toward industrial decarbonization. “This trial has been a major achievement for our team,” said Allan Sweeny, plant manager at Novelis Latchford. “It demonstrated that we can adapt our existing infrastructure […]

  • Two men stand in front of a closed aluminum furance.

    Posted in:

    EGA Spectro Alloys Starts Production After Recycling Expansion

    EGA Spectro Alloys, which is 80 percent owned by Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), started production at its state-of-the-art aluminum recycling plant in Rosemount, Minnesota. With the new expansion completed, the leading Midwest-based producer of recycled aluminum alloys will produce and sell billet under EGA’s recycled product brand RevivAL, a nod to the company’s 52-year legacy […]

  • A man stands in front of a computer screen for monitoring molten metal analysis

    Posted in:

    Arconic and DTE to Advance Next-Generation Metallurgy

    Arconic Corporation is collaborating with DTE to deploy a pilot project at a selected Arconic facility in North America. The project will test DTE’s state-of-the-art molten metal composition analysis system, which is designed to enable enhanced manufacturing efficiency and product quality. “At Arconic, we are constantly exploring cutting-edge solutions to enhance manufacturing efficiency and product […]

  • Posted in:

    ALUMINUM USA 2025: DTE Provides Advanced Molten Metal Analysis

    At ALUMINUM USA, we interviewed Aron Adalsteinsson, sales and marketing specialist, and Ágúst Ingi Sævarsson, sales development representative, DTE, about the company and its innovative products for molten metal analysis. Since its founding in 2013, DTE has been at the forefront of digital transformation in the aluminum industry, making production safer, more cost-efficient, and less […]

  • aluminum melting furnaces with the doors open, showing the orange glow of the flames

    Posted in:

    AMAG Conducts Industrial Trials with Hydrogen to Advance Decarbonization

    By S. Tichy, K. Büchner, S. Wibner, and H. Antrekowitsch, Montanuniversität Leoben, Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy; and P. Pucher and B. Prillhofer, AMAG casting GmbH. Natural gas is commonly used as an energy source in aluminum recycling furnaces, particularly for achieving high melting throughputs. While the direct use of electrical energy has the potential to […]

  • Posted in:

    Speira Starts Up First of Four New Recycling Furnaces

    Speira successfully started up operation of a new tiltable rotary furnace, dubbed “Bernhard.” This is the first of four recycling furnaces being installed at the company’s plants in Grevenbroich and Töging, Germany. The start up ceremony was attended by Einar Glomnes, CEO of Speira; District Administrator Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke; and Mayor Klaus Krützen. “We take a […]