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•    Title:  Qinghai Produces Lowest-Carbon Footprint Magnesium: First Electrolytic Magnesium Smelter in Over 20 Years

•    Author:  Andrea Svendsen

•    Author Company:  Light Metal Age

•    Volume:  Vol. 77, No. 1

•    Year:  2019

•    No. Pages:  3.5

•    Description:  Around 87% of magnesium production comes from China, which is heavily reliant on the Pidgeon process, a technology known for producing a high amount of emissions. Aiming to produce a cleaner magnesium product, Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium Co. Ltd. (QSLM) has started up a new electrolysis facility in Golmud, Qinghai Province, in the center of China — the first electrolytic operation in more than two decades. The
company will produce 100,000 tonnes of magnesium, including pure magnesium and alloys through its Australian partner Magontec Limited. This article offers an overview of the new electrolytic facility and the adjacent magnesium alloy casthouse operated by Magontec. 

•    Companies Mentioned:  Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium Co. Ltd. (QSLM), Magontec Limited, Hydro, Hatch, 

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