1. Raw materials smelting. Recycling metallurgy
1.1 Terminology
Practices are established to address the issue of quantitative metal recovery in simple recycling and refining; two concepts are used: loss on ignition and yield.
SCROLL TO TOP1.1.1 Loss on fire: simple recycling of clean raw materials
Gross loss on ignition (expressed in %) is the difference between the mass of material charged into a furnace and the mass of liquid metal actually defurned or cast. Net loss on ignition is defined as the amount of metal...
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Economic data
1. Structure of the European refining industry
Source European Aluminium Refiners Organization (AEO).
The European countries that practice refining are :
Germany;
Benelux ;
Spain;
France;
Italy;
...
Bibliography
Organizations
Aluminium Association, États-Unis
Aluminium Federation Ltd, Grande-Bretagne
ASSIRAL, Italie
Association of Light Alloy Refiners (ALAR)
European Aluminium Association, Belgique
Fédération des minerais et métaux (FMM), France
London Metal Exchange (LME), Grande-Bretagne...
Refiners and recyclers
The most important refiners and recyclers worldwide are listed in the table 2 (this list is not exhaustive).
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