How Is Aluminum Made? - Episode 334
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The Inert Anode Process Is One of the Most Cutting Edge Technologies That Aluminum Producers Are Working on Today
The smallest aluminum ingots often called pigs. Customers get the pigs delivered and then they resmelt them. They're made with special molds that are buried up to 13 meters in the ground, which is kind of interesting. The inert anode process is being developed in secret and undergoing industrial tests. It's a unique revolutionary Luke revolutionary process that can allow aluminum producers to stop using carbon anodes altogether.
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