Ferroglobe’s second silicon metal furnace situated in Selma, Alabama, United States has resumed operation. The restart of this furnace increases the annual capacity of silicon metal for the domestic market in the United States by 11,000 tons. The Selma facility's two furnaces can produce 22,000 pounds of silicon metal annually.
Elkem ASA unveiled a new Elkem bismuth inoculant at the virtual Elkem Silicon Products booth at the 2021 AFS Metalcasting Congress in the US. This new inoculant affordably enhances ductile-iron structures and qualities. If rare earths are present throughout the process of ductile-iron nodularising, new bismuth inoculant enhances graphite nodularity and lowers chill in ductile-iron castings.
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