I know it’s abroad, but maybe this might be of interest here. It’s a series of photos that I took on 2nd December 2011 of the zinc and lead smelter at Namtu, a town situated in northern Shan State, Myanmar (Burma).
The British colonial period in northern Burma began around 1883 and the Burma...
Site: Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminium Smelter, Lynemouth | Status: Mothballed | Information:
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Production at the Lynemouth Smelter ended at 14:00 on the 29th March...
Please excuse the delay getting these up, hopefully the content will make up for my tardiness..
I'm sure you'll all have seen Boba Low's report, which more than covers the history of Alcan.
In short though, this was the last remaining example of aluminium production in the UK and is currently...
...And so it came to be that primary aluminium production left the UK's shores forever, another process moved abroad at our own cost.
DrHowser and I started talking about this at the beginning of the year. AJ and Horus did a fantastic job hitting this last year, and we know they had enough of...
During 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence was fought, which was a consequence of the fact that Croatia and other republics declared themselves as independent states, free from the former Yugoslavia, with a protracted war that row, which broke both tourism and industry.
The Aluminium...
Something a bit different ... I thought it was one of the coolest things i've ever seen!! :D
The village of Kinlochleven was developed in the early 1900’s when the then North British Aluminium Company harnessed two of the Highlands natural assets – water and hills – to create the...