Challenges in light metals production

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-33

  Brooks, G ^a,b   Cooksey, M ^b   Wellwood, G ^b   Goodes, C ^b,c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Electrometallurgy; Magnesium; Pyrometallurgy; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION PROCESSES; ASSOCIATED ENERGY COSTS; CELL DESIGN;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ALUMINUM; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ECOLOGY; ELECTROMETALLURGY; MAGNESIUM; PRODUCTION; PYROMETALLURGY; TITANIUM;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 35348963612     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328507X163733     Document Type: Article

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