Nobody expects a red tide of toxic, highly alkaline sludge to come rushing through one’s neighborhood. But that’s exactly what happened on Oct. 4 in Hungary, when a reservoir containing pH-13 waste ...

Red mud, the highly alkaline by‐product of the Bayer process for alumina extraction from bauxite, poses significant environmental and economic challenges due to its vast global accumulation. Current ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Making aluminum is dirty work, and hasn’t improved much since the ...

Aluminum production creates a toxic byproduct known as red mud. In an effort to cut down on this waste, researchers have figured out a way to send electric pulses through the mud to purify it and ...

An economical process with green hydrogen can be used to extract CO2-free iron from the red mud generated in aluminum production. The production of aluminium generates around 180 million tonnes of ...

One metal whose growth in the past century has been unsurpassed is aluminium. Its strength and light weight guarantees its demand, especially in transportation where fuel efficiency is paramount. The ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – A River Parishes refinery is under heightened scrutiny from state regulators after it unlawfully discharged industrial waste containing arsenic, cadmium, ...

Aluminum is vital for making lightweight cars, beverage cans, and kitchen utensils. But its production creates a by-product called red mud, a caustic slurry containing iron and other metals. The large ...

For years, toxic and slightly radioactive red mud and dust from the waste ponds of a shuttered alumina plant have bothered neighborhoods near Gonzales. But local leaders are working on a solution to ...

A long-troubled bauxite refinery along the Mississippi River near Gramercy hit with a compliance order and threat of fines earlier this year is now facing a lawsuit in federal court from a regional ...

As oil and gas fields mature, operators must drill wells with large offsets, long laterals, and extended reach applications using rotary steerable systems, mud motors, and bottomhole assemblies that ...