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Background Foundries make metal castings from both ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Metals are turned into components by melting the metal, pouring it into a mould, and then removing the mould material, or casting. The most commonly used metals are aluminium and cast iron, although steel, magnesium, copper, tin, zinc and other metals can also be used. Most ...

The Baltic Sea Basin is an area of intensive, and intensifying agricultural production. There are about 36 million units of cattle, 67 million units of pigs, and 190 million units of poultry in the region. (Gren, I.-M. et al., 2008: Cost of nutrient reductions to the Baltic Sea - technical report). Intensifying and concentration of animal production has resulted in environmental problems caused by ...