Apple Inc. is backing a joint venture between metal producers Alcoa Corp. and Rio Tinto Group to develop a new aluminum-making process that eliminates greenhouse gases. The Alcoa-Rio joint venture, ...

Carbon emissions reduction has taken center stage for steel and aluminum producers over the past few years as countries around the world look to reduce their carbon footprints throughout the next two ...

Although Charles Hall conducted his first successful run of the Hall-Héroult aluminium smelting process in the woodshed behind his house, it has ever since remained mostly out of reach of home ...