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Paper calls for alumina firms to collaborate more

As alumina companies hasten to cut costs they risk missing out on collaborative technology development, which has been the source of sustained productivity improvements in this industry, according to a paper by AMIRA International.

Nadav Shemer
AMIRA has a history of cooperating with Alcoa and other aluminium producers

AMIRA has a history of cooperating with Alcoa and other aluminium producers

AMIRA, which created the Australian Alumina Research Program in the 1990s, listed 10 arguments in favour of collaboration. These included reduced R&D costs for each participant, confidentiality of outcomes...

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