Novelis announced today
that effective March 26, 2009, it will cease the production of alumina at its
Ouro Preto unit. In future, the plant will purchase alumina through third-parties.
Other activities related to the facility, including electric power generation
and the production of primary aluminum metal, will continue unaffected.
The collaborative research aims to convert synthesis gas (syngas), that can be derived from abundant resources such as coal or biomass, to "building block” chemicals in a more efficient and economical process.
The process of oil and water separation has been revolutionized by a completely
new technology from Aqueous
Recovery Resources. Systems harnessing
this technology, which is based on basic principles of fluid dynamics, are saving
time and money because it requires no maintenance, electronic control, energy
or consumables.
In response to the declining world economic climate Rio Tinto Alcan is taking steps to ensure it remains competitive. These measures are outlined below.
Key measures
A further six per cent reduction in aluminium...
Evraz Group S.A. (LSE: EVR) (“Evraz” or the “Company”) has renounced the right to purchase the licence to develop the Mezhegey coal deposit in the Republic of Tyva, Russia. The decision is based o...
Silicone sealants and coatings from Dow
Corning are working behind the scenes to help construction engineers combat
and repair weather damage to large, stately building façades in India.
A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active.
The team f...
Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) has announced plans to reduce its production volume by 50 percent from an annual 1,650,000 tonnes, starting January 15. Alpart is a bauxite mining and alumina processing company opera...
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Golm near Potsdam have now made
a contribution by demonstrating that calcium carbonate
crystals are created differently from the way they were previously thought to
form.
By using magnetic nanoparticles,
the researchers were able to remove 96 % of the lead ions from blood samples
mixed with lead in vitro.
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