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Annual Company Picnic On Saturday, September 24th, we held our annual company picnic at Sharon Woods in Sharonville, OH.  The weather could not have been better if we had scripted it in advance.  The event was kicked off with a meet and greet of fellow employees and their families.  Lunch was catered by a local vendor and all seemed to enjoy the plentiful spread of barbecued chicken, pork and various sides.  After lunch festivities included a cornhole tournament, which highlighted a particular skill that I need to hone, as I was coaxed into a pairing for this event.  The skill I am speaking of involves the tossing of a small…

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AluChem At Ceramics Expo 2016

High-Purity Alumina, Low-Soda Alumina, Media, Specialty Alumina

2016 is an exciting year for AluChem as we continue to navigate our strategic plan of investment in infrastructure, expansion and growth of our Specialty Aluminas Product Portfolio. In 2015 AluChem commissioned a soda reduction facility in Little Rock, Arkansas for the manufacture of low and ultra-low soda Calcined, Reactive and Tabular Aluminas utilizing proprietary purification technology.

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Metal Bulletin Bauxite & Alumina Conference

Bauxite and Alumina Industry

Low-Soda Alumina, Specialty Alumina

The bauxite and alumina industry – are we close to a new normal after industry reshape? Bauxite and alumina suppliers are gearing up for a better second quarter after a poor start to 2016, delegates heard at Metal Bulletin’s Bauxite & Alumina conference in Miami, USA, at the start of March. The conference started somewhat somberly following the recent news of two US alumina producers entering Chapter 11 restructuring – Sherwin Alumina in January and Noranda Aluminium in February 2016. These announcements had followed the earlier news that Alcoa would curtail the remaining 810,000tpy of alumina refining capacity at its Point Comfort facility – bringing its global mothballed capacity to…

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AluChem to Receive Business of the Year Award

Media

It has quietly been one of the Jackson area’s steadiest employers for 20 years, making a once abandoned basic brick plant a source of employment and tabular alumina production. For that accomplishment, AluChem, located on Beaver Pike just west of Jackson, is the 2015 Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year. AluChem will be one of many to be honored during the chamber’s Annual Appreciation Banquet on Thursday, October 22. The event will be held at the Family Life Center of the Christ United Methodist Church with the program beginning at 6:30, which follows a social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. “It is an honor and privilege to…

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Low-Soda Alumina

Low-Soda Alumina

AluChem to Commission a Low-Soda Alumina Plant in 2015 Since inception in 1978, AluChem has established itself as a leading supplier of specialty aluminas to the ceramics industry. AluChem’s dedication to the supply fundamentals of quality and service, coupled with the company’s innovative new products and processes, has positioned it as a mainstay for the future. In 2015, AluChem will launch a new line of low and ultra-low-soda aluminas focused toward ceramics and investment casting applications. This new high-purity alumina product portfolio will utilize proprietary purification technology in the production of low and ultra-low-soda calcined, reactive and tabular aluminas, which will complement AluChem’s already-established low-soda AC99 tabular alumina products. AluChem’s…

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