Recycled aluminium accounted for 38% of total aluminium supply in the US from January to August 2019
According to the latest report from United States Geological Survey for aluminium, total aluminium recovered from scrap (recovery from purchased, tolled, or imported scrap) in August 2019 was 288,000 tonne, 5% more than the July volume of 275,000 tonnes. The volume is 9% less than the amount in August 2018, and 7% less than that in August 2017.
Of this, 158,000 tonnes of aluminium were recovered from new scrap and 130,000 tonnes were recovered from old scrap. For the first eight months of 2019, total aluminium recovery from scrap stood at about 2.28 million tonnes, down 8% from 2.48 million tonnes in the same period of 2018. Of this, 1.3 million tonnes of aluminium were recovered from new scrap and 1 million tonnes were recovered from old scrap.
Aluminium recovered from scrap or recycled aluminium accounted for 38% of total aluminium supply in the U.S. during the period from January to August 2019.
Inventories of primary aluminium in LME-approved warehouses in the United States decreased to 7,250 tonne at the end of August from 8,175 t at the end of July. Inventories of secondary aluminium (North American Secondary Aluminum Alloy Contract) in LME-approved warehouses in the United States decreased to 76,640 tonne at the end of August from 85,020 tonne at the end of July.
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