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Aluminium doesn't occur as a isolated ore (it's too reactive with other compounds) but as one combined with other minerals chief of which is bauxite Bauxite is mined from open mines from locations mainly in a wide belt around the equator Bauxite is a mixture of aluminium hydroxide iron oxide titanium dioxide and kaolinite Large deposits of bauxite occur in Australia Brazil
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Bauxite is the primary ore of aluminum Almost all of the aluminum that has ever been produced has been extracted from bauxite The United States has a few small bauxite deposits but at least 99% of the bauxite used in the United States is imported The United States is also a major importer of aluminum metal
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Bauxite is an aluminium ore found in deposits around the world Once the ore is mined out of the ground the red bauxite rock is crushed and dissolved into a white alumina powder using what is known as the Bayer process This alumina powder is then smelted into aluminium metal Australia is the world's largest producers of bauxite
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Climate Action Report 1 May 2019 " Our ambion t i is to significantly reduce our carbon footprint " "entral to aC successful transition will be supportive policy to ensure a global level playing field access to renewable energy at affordable prices and access to finance " ARCELORMITTAL CLIMATE ACTION REPORT 1 Contents SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION: 02: SECTION 2: CLIMATE
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THE GNCS FACTSHEETS Mitigating Emissions from Aluminum The production of new aluminum results in around 1% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Mining refining smelting and casting primary aluminum releases about 0 4 billion tons (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2e) emissions per year 1 Today as little as 5% of this results from
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Bauxite ore is the world's primary source of aluminum The ore must first be chemically processed to produce alumina (aluminum oxide) Alumina is then smelted using an electrolysis process to produce pure aluminum metal Bauxite is typically found in topsoil located in various tropical and subtropical regions The ore is acquired through environmentally responsible strip
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to climate change 2019 Electric vehicles use steel from iron ore aluminium in design and to reduce weight and 3 - 4 times more copper than traditional cars Cautionary statement about forward-looking statements This document contains certain forward-looking statements including statements relating to the operations and business of the Rio Tinto Group These statements
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The aluminum industry is making continuous improvements in the environmental efficiency of producing aluminum through primary and secondary processes Aluminum Recycling Businesses across the United States are furthering their competitive advantage through the use of aluminum—a 100 percent recyclable and sustainable metal
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aluminum ore climate Aluminium Carbon Footprint Technical Support Document production of one 1 tonne of cast primary aluminium metal from aluminium containing ores Its climate change impact expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents CO 2 e is the summation of all significant GHG emissions and removals over the product's partial life cycle Get price View NC DEQ Recycling and Climate
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08 05 2014Bauxite ore named for the town of Les Baux France is one of the earliest sources of bauxite and contains alumina (Al 2 O 3) the immediate precursor of aluminum (Al) in the production cascade The overwhelming majority of known global bauxite reserves are found in the geographic band bounded by the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn Key deposits are found in
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Aluminum Facts Natural Resources Canada 2019-10-14in nature aluminum does not exist in a pure statehe production of primary aluminum metal begins with bauxite ore which is composed of hydrated aluminum oxide 40 to 60 mixed with silica and iron oxide it takes about 4 to 5 tonnes of bauxite ore to produce approximately 2
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There are many advantages of recycling aluminium Since it takes more energy to dig up and produce aluminium than any other metal recycling not only avoids resources to be extracted from Earth it also saves energy - lots of energy! Half of all aluminium cans are recycled That's a total of 105 million cans a year This is enough to build more than 70 000 Boeing 737 airplanes
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When the temperature of aluminium is increased the metal expands and this is called thermal expansion One example of thermal extension is that if for example the temperature of a piece of aluminium alloy 6063 is -20 ̊C and its length is 2700 mm long and it is heated to a temperature of 30 ̊C it will subsequently be 2703 mm long due to thermal expansion
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2019-10-14in nature aluminum does not exist in a pure statehe production of primary aluminum metal begins with bauxite ore which is composed of hydrated aluminum oxide 40 to 60 mixed with silica and iron oxide it takes about 4 to 5 tonnes of bauxite ore to produce approximately 2
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to climate change 2019 Electric vehicles use steel from iron ore aluminium in design and to reduce weight and 3 - 4 times more copper than traditional cars Cautionary statement about forward-looking statements This document contains certain forward-looking statements including statements relating to the operations and business of the Rio Tinto Group These statements
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THE GNCS FACTSHEETS Mitigating Emissions from Aluminum The production of new aluminum results in around 1% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Mining refining smelting and casting primary aluminum releases about 0 4 billion tons (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2e) emissions per year 1 Today as little as 5% of this results from
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Recycling aluminum saves 90% to 95% of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore It doesn't matter if you're making aluminum cans roof gutters or cookware it is simply much more energy-efficient to recycle existing aluminum to create the aluminum needed for new products than it is to make aluminum from natural resources
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Bauxite is primarily comprised of aluminum oxide compounds (alumina) silica iron oxides and titanium dioxide Approximately 70 percent of the world's bauxite production is refined through the Bayer chemical process into alumina Alumina is then refined into pure aluminum metal through the Hall–Hroult electrolytic process
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Climate change is expected to cause more frequent droughts and floods altering the supply of water to mining sites and disrupting operations We recently ran and analyzed a water-stress and flooding scenario using McKinsey's MineSpans database on copper gold iron ore and zinc 3
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Primary aluminium production involves two key steps: alumina refining to refine bauxite ore into alumina (aluminium oxide) and aluminium smelting to convert alumina to pure aluminium The energy intensity of alumina refining decreased less in 2017 (‑2 8%) than in 2010‑16 (‑3 8% on average) while that of aluminium smelting declined more in 2017 (‑1 1%) than the 2010‑16
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Primary aluminium production involves two key steps: alumina refining to refine bauxite ore into alumina (aluminium oxide) and aluminium smelting to convert alumina to pure aluminium The energy intensity of alumina refining decreased less in 2017 (‑2 8%) than in 2010‑16 (‑3 8% on average) while that of aluminium smelting declined more in 2017 (‑1 1%) than the 2010‑16
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The US imported nearly all the bauxite (the only commercial aluminum ore) used in producing primary aluminum For years the US has produced less than 1% of the bauxite used to make aluminum The US also imported 33 percent of the aluminum metal that was used in 2014 Of the imported aluminum 63% came from Canada
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Aluminum Apple created a new aluminum alloy made of 100 percent certified recycled aluminum which we use for the enclosure of the 13-inch MacBook Air with Retina display This alloy delivers the same strength durability and flawless finish—without mining any new bauxite (aluminum ore) from the earth
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