Aluminium cans are under the spotlight among consumers and beverage manufacturers looking for more recyclable packaging, with the material already holding a strong circularity position against plastic and glass. Recorp tunes it further with ReCan85, an aluminium beverage can containing 85 per cent...
Vedanta is expanding aluminium, copper and other metals capacity as electric mobility and India's demand for critical minerals reshape the domestic materials market. Vedanta Group is putting INR 210 billion (USD 2.21 billion) into metals production and capacity through FY2026, building a broader...
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Itochu and Daikin Industries will jointly start a business to recover aluminium from used commercial air conditioners in Japan. The initiative is aimed at increasing the use of recycled materials as Japan looks to reduce its dependence on imported aluminium amid supply chain disruptions linked to...
The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) have urged the US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service to tighten the eligibility criteria for domestic content bonus credits. Submitting a joint white paper to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the...
LME aluminium prices moved higher on July 8, with both cash and three-month contracts recording gains from the previous session, amid renewed geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East. Market sentiment remained cautious as reports of fresh attacks and heightened tensions between the US and Iran...
Vedanta Aluminium was seen as the “crown jewel” of Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta demerger. But less than a month after listing, it has become the weakest performer among the four newly listed entities. Since its June 15 debut, the stock has fallen 12 per cent from its listing price of INR 527, wiping out...
Italian metals sorting technology specialist SGM Magnetics S.p.A. has introduced a new recovery system or sorting lineto extract commercial metals from salt slag fines, a byproduct of secondary aluminium production, addressing one of the industry's most difficult recycling streams. SGM noted,...
Canada’s merchandise trade surplus expanded to CAD 4.2 billion in May 2026, its strongest level in four years, as a sharp rise in unwrought aluminium and aluminium alloy exports helped lift the country’s overall outbound trade to a record high. According to the latest data from Statistics Canada,...
Jamaica's Minister of Agriculture, Floyd Green, has announced that the reopening and modernisation of the Alpart alumina refinery has moved a step forward following meetings with officials of JISCO and the Government of Gansu Province during his recent visit to China. Speaking in Parliament, Green...
In the morning session, the trading centre of the SHFE aluminium 2606 contract was higher than the same period of the previous trading day. Market selling sentiment strengthened from the previous day, as some downstream players, expecting a near-term rise in aluminium prices, saw buying sentiment...
Irrespective of China’s economy, which is said to be growing at a relatively slower pace in the past few years, one thing which has been consistent for the country is that it still firmly holds the position of the world's largest aluminium foil producer, consumer and exporter. For businesses that...
At Sørkedalsveien 6, a 21,000 m² commercial building, the original façade is carefully dismantled and separated on-site before being transported to Stena Recycling in Halmstad, Sweden, for further sorting. It is then returned to Hydro’s recycling facility in Sweden, where the aluminium is...
Recycling non-ferrous metals like aluminium, lead, and plastics is becoming more important because it reduces the need for raw materials, improves recovery, and supports circular production. Aluminium recycling is especially valuable because it uses much less energy than primary aluminium...
As aluminium producers place greater emphasis on recycled metal, scrap has become an increasingly important part of the wider aluminium value chain. Against this backdrop, Germany entered 2026 with a shift in its export picture, as aluminium scrap shipments moved higher after declining on an annual...
Canada and Japan are deepening their critical minerals alliance, seeking to reduce their dependence on Chinese supplies. At Canada's largest-ever trade mission to Tokyo and the Asia-Pacific region, companies from both countries signed commercial agreements worth over CAD 1 billion (USD 706.11...
The first part of this series traced the sharp rise in bauxite trade volumes, the growing concentration of supply from Guinea and Australia, and the destination patterns shaping the global market. But the increase in tonnage tells only one side of the story. As more bauxite entered the trade...
Momentum is building within the European Parliament as Aughinish Alumina faces a European Union vote to decide the future of its exports to Russia. Several Members of the Parliament, resolute to urge a full ban on the Russia-bound shipments, add fresh pressure on both Brussels and Dublin. It forms...
June marked a tale of two markets for aluminium, where a macro-driven selloff clashing with resilient fundamentals. While SHFE aluminium prices tumbled to yearly lows, pressured by expectations of US rate hikes and the evaporation of Middle Eastern risk premiums, the underlying supply-demand...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has funded USD 75 million to five pilot-scale projects aimed at extracting rare earth elements and other critical minerals, including aluminium, from coal waste and coal-based feedstocks. The initiative indicates the nation’s efforts to strengthen the domestic...
Aluminium du Maroc is a Moroccan company that makes aluminium profiles and related products for the construction and industrial sectors. It turns raw aluminium into finished and semi-finished products for builders, manufacturers and installers in Morocco, and also sells to some export markets. Its...
