Venezuela
Launches State Aluminum Company
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has announced the
formation of the Venezuelan Aluminum Corporation, which is intended to
unite producers and allow them to overcome domestic and global
adversities (Steel Guru, March 11, 2009).
EPA
Pushes to Have Companies Track Greenhouse Gases
Starting next year, the Environmental Protection
Agency has proposed requiring major U.S industries, including the
aluminum industry, to measure and report their greenhouse gas
emissions (USA Today, March
10, 2009).
Canned
Diet Coke Offers Smaller Carbon Footprint
Producing and disposing of an aluminum can of Diet
Coke in the U.K. generates about 170 grams of greenhouse gas
emissions--roughly half that of a glass bottle (GreenBiz.com, March
10, 2009).
Blakeney
Joins Charleston Aluminum
Dean Blakeney, a former director of The Aluminum
Association, has joined master distributor Charleston Aluminum as their
Chief Operating Officer (Charleston Aluminum, March 9, 2009).
Aluminum
Man
Dubai Aluminum's Ahmed Al Mulla explains how his firm uses
Smelter Analytics, which applies business intelligence to the task
of analyzing data to discern production trends and possible
operational inefficiencies (Itp.net, March 8, 2009).
Regulators
Approve Big Rivers Unwind Project
Kentucky regulators have unwound the lease under
which E.ON U.S. has operated electric plants owned by Big Rivers
Electric Corp., saying it should allow aluminum smelters served by
the plants to "continue operating in Kentucky for the long
term" (Tristatehomepage.com, March 6,
2009).
Tesco
Debuts Automated Recycling Facility
Tesco Supermarket has introduced its first automated
recycling machine, which accepts aluminum, plastic, and glass in
the same bin, crushing and compacting onsite to reduce the number of
haulings, thus reducing carbon emissions (The Grocer, March 6,
2009).
AirPod:
Tiny Air-Powered Commuter Costs Half a Euro per 100km
Compressed-air cars, such as the lightweight,
aluminum-bodied AirPod (which also sports an aluminum compressed-air
engine) are making their mark as a viable alternative-car concept
(Gizmag.com, March 6, 2009).
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