Canada is one of the world's key producers of aluminium. A key challenge for aluminium-producing regions such as Saguenay, Quebec is to use this raw material to create value-added, finished aluminium products, such as auto parts, which represents a significant and growing market.
During the Holidays there was a large earthquake off the coast of Sumatra. The resulting tsunami caused devastation and loss of life on a scale that is hard to comprehend. Recovery will take a long time. Learn more about the consequence on Earth's rate of rotation.
Everyone has heard of DNA fingerprinting. Now take the same idea and apply it to bitumen, the tar-like mixtures of hydrocarbons derived from petroleum naturally or by distillation. Find out more about the process of "bitumen fingerprinting".
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