Aluminium, despite its unique properties and qualities, severely competes with other metals. The rule of a successful competitive struggle is to forge ahead, continuously develop and improve oneself.

Major aluminium companies have research centres in their structure and annually invest millions of dollars in order to reduce environmental impact, raise profitability, reduce expenses at all stages of aluminium production and find new methods of its application. Not every year, but discoveries do happen. One day one of them can drastically change the way we produce and use the light metal.

 
Advance developments in process improvement
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Alumina for the Aluminium Industry

Article. Authors: L.A. Isaeva, Candidate of Science (Chemistry), associate professor of the Light Metals Metallurgy and Alumina Production Department of the Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Gold of the Siberian Federal University.
Published in RUSAL’s Technical and Economic Bulletin No. 18, January-March 2007.
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Research of High-Temperature Digestion Processes for SUBR and Timan Bauxites

Article. Authors: T.S. Lyaptseva, engineer of OJSC Uralaluminium; V.S. Anashkin, Candidate of Science, senior scientist of OJSC Uralaluminium; E.S. Fomin, Managing Director of OJSC Uralaluminium; I.A. Kuznetsov, junior research associate of OJSC Uralaluminium.
Published in RUSAL’s Technical and Economic Bulletin No. 18, January-March 2007.
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Influence of Alumina Phase Composition and Gradation on the Rate of Dissolution

Article. Authors: T.S. Lyaptseva, engineer of OJSC Uralaluminium; V.S. Anashkin, Candidate of Science, senior scientist of OJSC Uralaluminium; E.S. Fomin, Managing Director of OJSC Uralaluminium; I.A. Kuznetsov, junior research associate of OJSC Uralaluminium.
Published in RUSAL’s Technical and Economic Bulletin No. 18, January-March 2007.
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Creation of the Bake-out/Preheating Technology for RA-300 Cells

Article. Authors: V.N. Smirnov, A.V. Popov, RUSAL’s Engineering & Technology Centre; V.V. Yevseyev, Khakassky aluminium smelter.
Published in RUSAL’s Technical and Economic Bulletin No. 17, October-December 2006.
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Monitoring of Anode Gas Parameters on Soderberg Pots

Article. Authors: Y.I. Storozhev, independent specialist; V.V. Blinov, A.V. Tarakanov, Mayak PKF LLC; D.V. Tkachenko, E.V. Sugak, E.V. Kuznetsov, A.I. Berezin, RUSAL’s Engineering & Technology Centre.
Published in RUSAL’s Technical and Economic Bulletin No.17, October-December 2006.