Rio Tinto and Amaero collaborate on aluminium-scandium alloy

摘要

Rio Tinto, headquartered in London, UK, has signed an agreement to provide aluminium-scandium alloy from its North American operations to Amaero, a producer of additively manufactured parts and AM service provider based in Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia. Under the agreement, Rio Tinto will deliver alloy billets made of responsibly-produced, low-carbon aluminium from its hydro-powered Canadian smelters and high-purity scandium oxide from its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT| metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada. The billets will be processed by Amaero into powder for Additive Manufacturing and offered to the market for high-temperature applications.