Unlike the significant increase in zinc prices in the first half of 2024, the main SHFE zinc contract showed a downward trend in the first half of 2025. As of July 10, 2025, the main SHFE zinc ...

Isovolta has developed CERAPREG to enable CMC parts with long-duration service at 900°C with handling similar to epoxy ...

Reduced Probability of Short-Term Conflict Escalation in the Middle East, Inventory Turning Point Becomes Key Factor in Aluminum Market Trends] On the macro front, the situation in the Middle East has ...

After cooling, the ingots are placed in pit-type furnaces, reheated, and then put on blooming mills and rolled into semifinished slabs. All this takes hours, and sometimes days; continuous casting ...

The ordinary method of casting is to pour the metal into ingot molds to harden, strip away the mold, reheat the ingot and roll it into semifinished shapes. Continuous casting eliminates these ...

Both horizontal casting units and the belt-type ingot caster have been supplied by Hertwich. Horizontally cast ingots are preferred as demanding input stock for direct processing.