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    Isaac Bonell, a writer for The Bellingham Business Journal pointed out that “Aluminum is needed to build infrastructure, to manufacture cars and airplanes, to make high-tech medical equipment and to package your favorite chilled beverage. In the smelting industry, there is no shortage of customers.” Last year, on August 2016, the facility celebrated its 50th birthday in operation which was bittersweet because they were discussing shutting down some of their potlines again which mean layoff of over

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    Steel production(p7) Steel manufacturing has many different processes and can be a very complex to manufacture. Firstly the iron ore needs to be mined out of the ground before steel production can begin.From this process of mining the steel can then start it production process and begin the vital three stages needed to produce steel. Firstly a very intensive heat source needs to be produced to melt the iron ore. After this stage the intensive heat generated in the furnace is used to melt the iron

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    1. History vs. Prehistory– This requires you to conduct your own research a. What is prehistory and how is this concept or term defined? Look into its various definition, either from books or reputable online sources in answering this question. Prehistory literally means “before history”. It is derived from the Latin word which means “before” (Prehistory Wikipedia, 2011). This was the era when there were no written records yet about the existence of the first wave of ancient humans. This was also

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    Introduction Last year, the community of Ferndale was in chaos over the upcoming curtailment of Alcoa Intalco Aluminum Works. This company strongly invested in its community ranging from charity works and investments to different scholarships offered for the vast beneficial of the community so when the rumor started, every employee suffered the upcoming turmoil with hard-work, dedications that exceeded expectations, continuous loyalty and grace. Over 500 jobs were hanging in the balance and the epidemic

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    Aluminium is one of the newest metals to be found only discovered in the 19th century with developments in chemistry and electricity. The late discovery compared to other commonly used metals is due to the fact aluminium does not occur naturally in its purest form. Because of this aluminium was very rare making it a precious metal valued more than gold. Nowadays aluminium is the most abundant metal elements on earth consisting of 8% of the earth’s crust. About 41 million tons is smelted each year

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    shrinking of natural resources and lack of innovation. the mathematics of pokemon could lead a revolution in steel production because Excadrill design could lead to a more efficient drill, the heat given off by magmortar is enough to create a new smelting and improve process for stronger steel, and the amount of pressure that Blastoise's cannons would be forcing out can make a already good tool even better. Excadrill is a large bipedal mole-like pokemon that has drill like formations on its body

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    interesting phenomenon is that in the world, there are various areas’ people  established industry of smelting bronze almost during a millennia, in particular, China is the earliest country found using bronze container named “ding” in the Majiayao culture site (between 3100 and 2700 BC. [12] What’s more, meteoric iron appeared in people’s  view since at least 3200 BC, but people extended the technique of smelting bronze, using carbon or tin to make alloy, and they used this skill in iron properly between

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    Prehistory literally means “before history”. It is derived from the Latin word which means “before” (Prehistory Wikipedia, 2011). This was the era when there were no written records yet about the existence of the first wave of ancient humans. This was also the time when the periods were divided into subgroup system which consists of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Prehistory gave rise to the emergence of civilizations. This was also the time when the evolution of the early human beings

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    1. Expansion in China In 2014, Hindalco’s copper division has seen its EBIT growing up to 33% as compared to its aluminium division that faced a decrease of 17.84%. Indeed, improvement in copper treatment and refine charging led to higher revenues in copper even though prices have decreased those last few years. However, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Economist Intelligent Unit all forecasted a growth in copper price in the next years. It is clear that the copper market will show a

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    Steel has done many incredible things and taken mankind further than we could have ever dreamed. It is used in almost every metal object that we Americans use on a daily basis, and it would be almost impossible to find one without it. Not only that, but steel is also used in many other things throughout America that would not be possible without it. The development of steel was a revolutionary pivotal point in the history of the United States, because it is involved in the creation of steel appliances

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