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</html><description>Coke is a very important raw material used in the production of aluminum. A typical smelter uses on a net basis around 350 kg of calcined coke for each tonne of aluminum produced. The world market for calcined coke, including the small volumes used by other industries, is around 25 million tonnes per year. To [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>https://www.alcircle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/aluminium-industry-coke-issue-300x130.png</thumbnail_url></oembed>

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