With the demand for automotive aluminium accelerating in the US, Linde LLC is focusing its global expertise in oxyfuel technology on improving both the casthouse processing and heat treating of aluminium and aluminium alloy products.
Earlier this year, gasworld explored the increasing mandate for metallurgy, with a potential new wave of growth emerging in the aluminium business.
Aluminium has been in tight supply in 2015, as a number of demand drivers create challenges in supply. Demand for the commodity took a sharp decline worldwide as a result of the 2008 economic downturn, creating a situation of over-supply, shrinking prices, and serious stockpiling.
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