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Abstract
The energy-intensive nature of metals processing means that the UK metals industries are of major importance in Government energy-conservation strategies. In the industries themselves, increasing costs in real terms have resulted in considerable research and development efforts, aimed at improving the efficiency with which energy is used by improving process control, by heat recovery and reuse, and by modification to processing routes. Examples of recent developments in converting bulk metal to semi-finished or finished products are given, and their importance is discussed.