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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1960
Page
13
The article describes Alcoa's Rockdale Works, a pioneer in using lignite as fuel for aluminum production. It details the lignite haul from Sandow to the plant via a massive 32 mile conveyor, the huge drag lines and trucks, and the aluminum structure in the processing and storage facilities.
A visitor to Alcoa views Sandow’s lignite fueled plant which first uses the Parry Process to dry and burn lignite dust for steam and electricity. The three GE boilers produce 60,000 kilowatts each, feeding turbines that power the nearby aluminum works and light about six cities the size of Austin.
Alcoa reports four of six potlines in operation at its Rockdale Works. The electrolytic process uses large carbon lined cells or pots to smelt aluminum. Key inputs include alumina derived from bauxite, cryolite, carbon, and substantial electricity. Overhead pipes carry coke from the cooking stage to the plant stack.
The Rockdale plant uses large electrical energy to smelt aluminum and produce ingots from pig molds. Ore from Arkansas and the Dominican Republic feeds the operation, with bauxite refined at Port Comfort later supplying the process.
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