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  2. Bar stock - Wikipedia

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    Bar stock, also (colloquially) known as blank, slug or billet, [1] is a common form of raw purified metal, used by industry to manufacture metal parts and products. Bar stock is available in a variety of extrusion shapes and lengths. The most common shapes are round (circular cross-section), rectangular, square and hexagonal.

  3. Aluminium - Wikipedia

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    Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. It has a great affinity towards oxygen, forming a protective layer of oxide on the surface when exposed to air.

  4. Aluminum industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Data from USGS. The aluminum industry in the United States in 2023 produced 860 thousand metric tons of aluminum from refined metal ore (primary production), at six smelters. In addition, US industry recycled 3.4 million tons of aluminum (so-called secondary production aluminum). [1] Total annual imports of metal and alloy for use in secondary ...

  5. Alcoa - Wikipedia

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    Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for " Aluminum Company of America ") is an American industrial corporation. It is the world's eighth-largest producer of aluminum. [2][3] Alcoa conducts operations in 10 countries. Alcoa is a major producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its active and growing participation ...

  6. LME Aluminium - Wikipedia

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    LME Aluminium. LME Aluminium (or LME Aluminum in American and Canadian English) stands for a group of spot, forward, and futures contracts, trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME), for delivery of primary Aluminium that can be used for price hedging, physical delivery of sales or purchases, investment, and speculation. [1]

  7. History of aluminium - Wikipedia

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    History of aluminium. Extrusion billets of aluminium in Yugoslavia, 1968. Aluminium (or aluminum) metal is very rare in native form, and the process to refine it from ores is complex, so for most of human history it was unknown. However, the compound alum has been known since the 5th century BCE and was used extensively by the ancients for dyeing.

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