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Beneficiation Practice
The previous chapter introduced the technology used to beneciate aluminum scrap.
The processor of scrap material has several options to choose from for turning col-
lected material into a product that can be sold to customers. The choice of options
depends on the cost of different processing technologies, the added value that the
scrap will have when improved to a particular grade, the demand for particular
grades of scrap, and the impact of government regulations. This chapter will exam-
ine the owsheets by which different sources of scrap aluminum are processed and
the rationale behind the choice of particular technolo ...