Aluminium aerosol cans are significantly less likely to be recovered during recycling operations than conventional drinks cans, according to new research by waste intelligence company Greyparrot. An AI-powered analysis of waste streams found that aluminium aerosols recorded a sorting success rate of 68 per cent, compared with 85.3 per cent for drinks cans, highlighting the challenges faced by recycling facilities in recovering non-beverage aluminium packaging. The findings were generated through Greyparrot's Deepnest platform, which analysed 1.2 billion waste items across facilities in the UK, the US and the Netherlands, including 395,424 aerosols. The results were discussed during a recent webinar involving representatives from waste management company Biffa, packaging manufacturer Ball...
KAP Minerals and Cymat Technologies are exploring a partnership to produce scandium-aluminium master alloy in Ontario, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The partnership would use scandium oxide from KAP’s Kapuskasing critical minerals project and Cymat’s aluminium-processing technology to produce alloys for aerospace, defence and manufacturing applications. To know the global production, demand and consumption forecasts of aluminium extrusions, explore our report " The World of Aluminium Extrusions to 2035 " Scandium-aluminium alloys can improve strength, performance and weldability while reducing weight. The companies aim to use the proposed venture to establish a domestic supply chain, converting Canadian critical minerals into value-added industrial materials....
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On December 19, 2022, the construction work on a bauxite-alumina mining industrial complex, one of Vietnam’s most significant projects in Lao, was initiated in Dakcheung district, the southern Lao province of Sekong. The investment is counted as one of the biggest investment projects in the country’s Sekong province. The bauxite mine, which spans 8.692 hectares and is valued at USD $1 billion, can produce 1 million tonnes of aluminium ore annually. However, it is anticipated to run for 30 years, with a potential 50-year extension. Phuong Minh Hue, the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Viet Phuong Group, vowed to see the project through to completion while fostering bilateral economic ties between the two countries, particularly in the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,394 per tonne Monday, with its high and low at US$2,402.5 per tonne and US$2,358.5 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2,370 per tonne, a drop of US$9 per tonne or 0.38 per cent. On Monday, December 19, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price dropped by US$28 per tonne or 1.18 per cent and US$27 per tonne or 1.14 per tonne to halt at US$2,325 per tonne and US$2,327 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price settled at US$2,363.50 per tonne and US$2,364 per tonne after witnessing a fall of US$32.5 per tonne or 1.35 per cent and US$34 per tonne or 1.41 per cent. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price slipped by US$32 per tonne to halt at US$2,448 per tonne and US$2,453 per tonne. LME aluminium...
The Danish design furniture brand Reframed is quickly becoming the go-to bedroom furniture shop, although only being founded in 2021. The furniture manufacturer has eliminated bulky bed frames in favour of uncomplicated, simple-to-assemble items made of sustainable materials. Its designs feature a simple, clean look anchored in pure practicality. The company has just introduced their well-liked Reframed Bed in anodized aluminium. Tim Rundle, a designer with Reframed, created a new piece to showcase the material's beauty in its unprocessed state. They created a design using aluminium, almost entirely made from post-consumer trash, in collaboration with the metal production business Hydro. Rundle said, “Our new finish celebrates the linear texture of the fine lines formed on the profiles'...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the most significant industrial organisation in the United Arab Emirates, excluding the oil and gas sector, has nodded in agreement to provide Kobe Steel with CelestiAL solar aluminium for creating automotive body sheets designated to be used in Nissan vehicles. EGA's supply deal with Kobe Steel will help in introducing the company's flagship solar aluminium, CelestiAL, in one of the most humungous rolling mills in Japan. Aluminium sheets are hugely in demand due to the rising Japanese automotive sector that gulps them down to constitute vehicle body components like panels, bonnets and doors. EGA has nourished a business relationship with Kobe Steel for more than two decades and a half, supplying them with over thousands of tonnes of aluminium each year....
On December 19, 2022, the world's leading industrial company committed to a sustainable future, Norsk Hydro and two partners stated that they plan to build an onshore wind farm costing between 3 and 4 billion Norwegian crowns ($304 million-$405 million) in Norway's west coast. If permitted, the project would use 50 wind turbines to provide one terawatt hour (TWh) of clean energy for present and future enterprises in the Hoeyanger and Sunnfjord areas. Local communities in Norway have recently opposed onshore wind farm projects out of concern for preserving pure nature, but Hydro said it aimed to overcome any potential opposition. Hydro, in its statement, stated, "The project will provide yearly income for Hoeyanger and Sunnfjord municipalities, as well as local value creation in the...
The global mining and metal giant Rio Tinto has announced the appointment of Kaisa Hietala as a non-executive director. A Finnish citizen, Kaisa Hietala, will join the Board on March 1, 2023. An experienced executive, Kaisa Hietala has a proven track record of assisting businesses in transforming environmental megatrends' challenges into growth opportunities. Her career began in upstream oil and gas exploration. As Neste's Executive Vice President of Renewable Products, she was instrumental in the company's commercial transformation into the world's largest and most profitable producer of renewable products. Kaisa Hietala is a seasoned non-executive director who chairs the board of Tracegrow, a private Finnish manufacturer of sustainable fertilisers. She also sits on the boards of Exxon...
Gränges has successfully acquired ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) and Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V1 (2017) certifications against its aluminium rolling and sheet facilities across the USA, like in Tennessee, Arkansas, Huntington, Newport and Salisbury, North Carolina, along with the corporate headquarters in Franklin (TN). The three production sites can yield almost 240 thousand tonnes of aluminium rolled or sheet items. Gränges is an international brand producing rolled aluminium products with operations all around the USA; it also has facilities in Sweden and China. The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) declared today that Gränges Americas Inc. has received dual ASI certifications for the design and manufacture of rolled strips or sheets of aluminium at all its American...
The advent of the Paris Agreement in 2015 made it very clear to the energy-intensive industries of the world that it was high time to curb their carbon emissions. Factories and refineries were warned about the severe effects of carbon earlier, but with this agreement, the entire world came to actual terms with the truth about nature's depreciating condition. Instantly, many big organisations started mapping their journey toward carbon-less material or component production. Among them, aluminium plays a considerable part since it is a fully integrated industry for mining, energy-intensive refineries and product manufacturing facilities. The prominent players in the sector had to take a well-calculated step if they wanted to transform themselves into green industries. The need for renewable...
According to our report, it has been confirmed since December 15 that the road transportation of bauxite and coal from the Indian state-owned Mormugao Port has been halted due to opposition from Vasco City inhabitants to the transit of these commodities due to pollution concerns. The port is now home to about 100,000 tonnes of bauxite cargo that belonged to clients, including Hindalco Industries Ltd and UltraTech Cement Ltd (owned by the Aditya Birla Group). Due to the protesting locals, the material cannot use the two export-import gates of Mormugao port. A port official stated, “In the last three days, 30,000-40,000 tonnes of cargo were expected to be transported out of the port by road. The port will soon become congested." “It’s strange that some 10-15 people have completely stopped...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,390 per tonne last Friday, with its high and low at US$2,421 per tonne and US$2,372 per tonne, respectively before closing at US$2,379 per tonne, a drop of US$7 per tonne or 0.29 per cent. On December 16, Friday, LME aluminium cash bid price and the LME aluminium official settlement price trickled down by US$42 per tonne or 1.75 per cent, closing at US$2,353 per tonne and US$2,354 per tonne, respectively. The 3-month bid price and the 3-month offer price had an equivalent slump of US$32 per tonne or 1.32 per cent to halt at US$2,396 per tonne and US$2,398 per tonne. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price both witnessed a similar fall of US$32 per tonne or 1.27 per cent, stopping at US$2,480 per tonne and US$2,485 per tonne, respectively. LME...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) reduced its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices, with effect from December 15, following a significant rise of 6.6 per cent on December 7. NALCO this week cut its aluminium ingot price by INR 6,500 per tonne from INR 235,150-238,650 per tonne to INR 228,650- 232,150 per tonne. The company’s aluminium wire rod price also experienced a slash of INR 6,500 per tonne on December 15 to stand at INR 233,150-237,500 per tonne versus INR 239,650-244,000 per tonne on December 7. NALCO also withdrew INR 6,500 per tonne from its aluminium billets price, with effect from December 15, to sell the product at INR 233,100-235,750 per tonne, compared with INR 239,600-242,250 a week earlier. NALCO links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices...
The primary aluminium sector is gradually adopting more sustainable drives to build a better future for the upcoming generation. Vedanta's subsidiary, Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), is exploring biodiesel applications across plant operations to decarbonise emissions, whereas the parent organisation has published a Sustainable Development (SD) Report for FY 2021–22, titled 'Accelerating to Net Zero.' The World Trade Organization's (WTO) ruling against the 2018 tariffs placed on foreign aluminium and steel by then-President Donald Trump was not appreciated by the Biden administration. SHFE aluminium price started the week with a decline of RMB 300 per tonne at RMB 18,960 per tonne, which slumped across the week to settle at RMB 18,840 per tonne, witnessing a decrease of 0.63 per...
The Daily Trade Made heavy-duty vehicle from Italian truck manufacturer IVECO was re-released with an enhanced 5-year per 250,000 km warranty and a longer 4.5m aluminium tray for a better logistical approach. Because of this, the vehicle is appropriate for delivering supplies during building projects. Ball Corporation EMEA, an American pioneer in aluminium packaging supplies, worked with the global supply chain experts Woodland Group to reduce carbon emissions in its integrated supply chain by 82 per cent. A clean technology business with its headquarters in Australia, Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. (GMG), announced a supplemental investment of AU$ 600,000 in capital expenditure for significant upgrades to its Battery Development Center (BDC). The firm will use the CAPEX in the BDC for...
Aluminium unleashes the imagination of designers and engineers because of its unmatched flexibility in shaping forms. It has unique qualities, including being lightweight, resistant to corrosion, strong like steel, and easy to recycle, so it's no surprise that more businesses are choosing it as their preferred material. A product made of aluminium weighs just a third as much as one built of steel or iron. This results in more intelligent, environmentally friendly, and generally superior solutions. Innovation and aluminium are a great pair! From transportation to fashion, aluminium has proved to be the ultimate choice in every sector. The usage of aluminium in the end-use sector is increasing significantly yearly to keep up with a high degree of innovation. The expanding use of aluminium...
Last week the recycling sector witnessed high potential initiatives, with Hydro announcing the low-carbon aluminium supply deal with Mercedes-Benz for the making of the German auto giant’s range of models from 2023. Pondy Oxides and Chemicals Limited have begun recycling and melting aluminium at their recently renovated Sriperumbudur facility in Tamil Nadu, India, from December 14 2022. SIG Group Ltd (SIG) made an investment of US$1.9 million to develop the available technology to obtain a better value-added method of recycled aseptic cartons in Brazil, recycling the materials like aluminium and plastic separately. Arfin India won a supply deal of $42.26 million (INR 350 crore) worth of aluminium deox from a Saudi Arabia-Middle East steel plant. The recycling industry has grown a lot in...
UK's supermarket chain, Aldi, has registered itself as a member of the Podback recycling scheme that has been encouraging the country's residents to recycle their used aluminium tea, coffee or hot chocolate pods. Due to this new agreement, 980 Aldi supermarket outlets all over the UK will introduce its flagship pods into the scheme, which would be the brand's first initiative to promote the usage of free recycling service to consumers. From January next year, Aldi visitors will be able to order recycling bags through the Podback website, where used plastic or aluminium pods can be stored and dropped off at 6,500 Collect+ points. The users may also register for the local kerbside collection zones under their respective regional authorities. Last year, Podback was established as the first...
Guangdong Hoshion Aluminium, a Chinese company, specialising in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of industrial aluminium extrusion products, signed a strategic partnership agreement with Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to conduct extensive collaboration in the area of industrial parts and components. Norsk Hydro, a primary Norwegian aluminium business committed to sustainability, announced investing in a new automobile press in Hungary. Hydro had earlier in 2022 disclosed its investment in the new press and the network of automobile presses in Denmark. One of New Zealand's leading aluminium fabricators, Wight Aluminium, celebrated the 50th anniversary of producing its first batch of aluminium window frames. The Whanganui-based aluminium manufacturer credited its...
The Greek aluminium manufacturer ElvalHalcor SA has installed the SMS Group's Airwash™ technology at its cold rolling production site in Oinofyta, close to Athens. Elval gave the SMS group the final acceptance certificate for the project's successful conclusion in the fall of 2022. However, with this investment, ElvalHalcor has made another significant step toward even more environmentally friendly aluminium manufacturing and protection. A portion of the rolling oil evaporates during the cold rolling of aluminium. The Airwash™ system receives the removed fumes. Rolling oil is primarily present in the exhaust air as a gas, with some droplets and less gas. The Airwash™ technology can separate and recover droplet and gaseous components, unlike mechanical separators, which can only separate...
