Aluminum’s unique properties, such as high thermal conductivity, rapid heat dissipation, and its persistent oxide layer, mean ...

Using a novel Solid Phase Processing approach, a research team eliminated several steps that are required during conventional extrusion processing of aluminum alloy powders, while also achieving a ...

In 1889, recent college grad Charles Martin Hall devised a way to isolate metallic aluminum. __1889: __ Charles Martin Hall patents his process for using electrical current to extract metallic ...

Secondary aluminum producers demand high-purity shredded aluminum scrap, which requires extraction from a highly mixed stream of shredded materials. STEINERT has both ...

Apple is investing in a new joint venture with aluminum giants Alcoa and Rio Tinto. Apple uses a lot of aluminum in its products. The joint venture is called Elysis, and its focus will be on working ...

A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to ...

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 ...

In May 2018, Apple announced that it had helped facilitate a collaboration between two of the world's largest aluminum producers, Alcoa and Rio Tinto, on a new carbon-free aluminum smelting process.

Alcoa Inc. said on Thursday it has developed a new way of making aluminum sheet for the auto industry, the latest big-ticket investment by a metals supplier as car makers look to meet tough new ...