Transaction would further enhance Alcoa’s position as of one of the world’s largest bauxite and alumina producers with increased ownership of core, tier-1 assets Transaction would provide Alumina ...

A new treatment method for waste products generated in the aluminum smelting industry has been developed at Portland Aluminium, based in Victoria, Australia. The waste, spent pot lining has been the ...

Aluminum is one of our most widely-used metals, found in everything from beer cans to airplane parts. However, the lightweight metal doesn’t occur naturally, and producing it is a complex process. The ...

Aluminum has been mass produced the same way since 1886, when it was pioneered by Alcoa’s founder, Charles Hall. The process involves applying a strong electrical current to alumina, which removes ...

With its high strength to weight ratio and recyclability, aluminum is a popular material choice for automotive parts, like this demo part, which is modeled after an automotive inverter housing. But ...

Twisted aluminum mesh, banged-up bicycle frames and used car parts languishing in junk yards could gain new life as building structures such as door and window frames, facades, lighting and decorative ...

Nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide has been widely used for the development of various functional nanostructures. So far these self-organized pore structures could only be prepared within narrow ...