German: AluminiumhüttenindustrieEnglish translation: Aluminium smelting industry 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Aluminiumhüttenindustrie | | English translation: | Aluminium smelting industry | | Entered by: | EdithK |
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Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Electricity deregulation | | German term or phrase: Aluminiumhüttenindustrie | | Context is a list of functions of a regulatory authority, including licensing procedures and "andere Verfahren auf Antrag (Aluminiumhuettenindustrie)". Not sure if this refers to a specific branch of the iron and steel industry (Ernst gives primary aluminium pig for "Huettenaluminium".) |
| | Clarification request(s) and responsePatricia Will: 4:31am Sep 11, 2005: Aluminiumhuettenindustrie - Could it just be "aluminium smelting industry" as this is a branch affected by the deregulation of the electricity market?
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| | aluminium smelting industry | Explanation:
Your assumption is absolutely right. Hütten means here nothing more than smelting.
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Note added at 2 hrs 0 min (2005-09-11 06:28:38 GMT)
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I did a little googling - aluminium smelting industry gets about 670 hundred hit - aluminium smelter industry about 150. |
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| Aluminiumhuettenindustrie Aluminium smelter industry or primary-aluminium industry
Explanation:
See J. Nitsche: Glossary of Technical Terms, Production of Aluminium, Aluminium Verlag,Duesseldorf, 1992
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