12 OCTOBER 2017AlCircle.com
Aluminium recovery from scrap on the rise in the U.S. YoY
Edited by : Beethika Biswas
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According to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 732 million pounds of aluminium scrap during July 2017, slightly up from the July 2016 total of 725 million.
USGS estimates that recovery of aluminium and aluminium alloys totalled 303,000 tonnes in July, an increase of 1.6% YoY. Through the first seven months of 2017, preliminary data indicate that recovery of aluminium from scrap totalled an estimated 2.1 million tonnes, up 2.5% over the same period of 2016.
U.S. exports of scrap, not included in the government’s consumption statistics, totalled 865000 tonnes through July, up 13.4% over 2016.
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