Recycled aluminium weekly recap: Every Can Counts initiative programme welcomes Brazil in its recycling drive; Aluminij Industries d.o.o, Glencore International AG inks two year supply agreement for primary remelt aluminium and offtake contract for extrusion billets
The recycled sector of the aluminium industry has been in the news for a good number of reasons. To begin with, AlCircle published its sector focus report 2021, titled, “World Recycled Aluminium Market Analysis – Industry Forecast to 2026.” The report delves further into the global aluminium recycling industry and its potential for growth in the coming years. Next on track was the news about, Brazil becoming a part of the Every Can Counts initiative, the first country outside Europe to join the drive. With a recycling rate of over 95 percent for aluminium cans, Brazil will be a prominent partner in Europe's top drink can recycling programme.
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The year 2021 shows how the recycled aluminium industry has bounced back after experiencing fluctuating demand due to the pandemic and ensuing lockdowns in 2020 and early 2021. As a result, AlCircle has come up with its recently published sector focus report 2021, titled, “World Recycled Aluminium Market Analysis - Industry Forecast to 2026.” This analysis delves further into the global aluminium recycling industry and its potential for growth in the coming years.
Aluminij Industries d.o.o., a part of the M.T. Abraham Group and Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading company, Glencore International AG has inked a contract for the supply of 300,000 tonnes of primary remelt aluminium, covering the anticipated consumption for 2022 and 2023. Concurrently, the commodity trader Glencore with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland has committed to selling more than 230,000 tonnes of primary aluminium alloy billets over the same period. With more than twenty years of shared experience with Aluminij’s products, Glencore possesses the necessary network and expertise to market the PLM13™ series billets. Produced by semi-continuous vertical casting, using Wagstaff AirSlip advanced technology, the PLM13 series ensures the delivery of high-performance products to end clients and downstream customers.
The British public think parks and beaches are the most in need of improved recycling facilities, according to new research by Every Can Counts. Nearly seven in ten 10 Brits (68%) think these public spaces lack sufficient recycling facilities, following their increased use over spring and summer due to Covid restrictions. This is up from 54% who felt more bins were needed in 2020. Six in 10 also feel that a greater number of on-street bins are required to make recycling easier on the go, and 55% are calling for more recycling points at music and sporting events. The not-for-profit drink can recycling organisation surveyed more than 6,000 people throughout the UK on their views about recycling and the environment.
To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/press-release/recycling-facilities-in-parks-and-on-beaches-most-in-demand-every-can-counts-74140
The Every Can Counts programme welcomes Brazil to its growing community after 12 years of pushing people to recycle on the move in 19 European nations. A group of brands, organisations, people, and festivals that works together to fulfil the aim of achieving a 100 percent recycling rate for drinking cans. Abralatas, the Brazilian Association of Aluminium Can Manufacturers (Associaço Brasileira dos Fabricantes de Latas de Alumnio), is launching a Brazilian version of Every Can Counts called "Cada Lata Conta." The programme began with a series of environmental education and behaviour change events at Villa-Lobos Park in So Paulo (4-5 December) and a celebration in Natal to commemorate the Carnatal (9-12 December).
To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/every-can-counts-initiative-programme-welcomes-brazil-in-its-recycling-drive-74161
According to the US Census data, the United States aluminium scrap exports to Malaysia stood at 41,200 tonnes in September 2021, bringing the total exports in Q3 to 143,700 tonnes. On a month-on-month basis, the United States aluminium scrap exports to Malaysia in September 2021 edged 27.59 per cent fall than 56,900 tonnes. However, on a year-on-year calculation, the exports registered a hike of 9.57 per cent from 37,600 tonnes. Aluminium scrap exports in Q3 from the US to Malaysia saw an increase of 14.14 per cent quarter-on-quarter from 125,900 tonnes. On a year-on-year basis, the quarterly exports stood 12.44 per cent higher than 127,800 tonnes, showed the Census Bureau data.
To know more: https://www.alcircle.com/news/us-aluminium-scrap-exports-to-malaysia-record-a-14-hike-q-o-q-to-143-700-tonnes-in-3q2021-73136
A recent report released by Metal Packaging Europe and European Aluminium reveals that the overall recycling rate of aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, and Iceland remained stable in 2019 at 75.8 per cent. In line with the increase in aluminium can consumption, the production of aluminium from recycled cans reached a record level of 488,000 tonnes, saving 4 million tonnes of CO2 emissions (equivalent to the amount of GHG emissions produced by a European town of 440,000 inhabitants like Bratislava, Tallinn or Murcia.
The Indonesian state-owned company specialized in aluminium smelting, Inalum Operating as part of the BUMN Holding Mining Industry MIND ID is dedicated towards the development of the national aluminium industry cluster. However, Inalum through its subsidiary PT Indonesia Aluminum Alloy (IAA) will gradually produce secondary aluminium billets with a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year. In the future, various extruded aluminium products as derivative products will also be produced. On 8th December 2021, the initiative was witnessed by the groundbreaking revamping or Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) of the secondary billet aluminium smelting plant in Kuala Tanjung, Batu Bara Regency, North Sumatra.
Norsk Hydro has announced that it will build a new remelt facility at its aluminium extrusion plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, with an annual capacity of 90,000 tonnes. Hydro’s extrusion plant in Hungary is the largest in Europe, having six presses and extensive fabrication and surface treatment capabilities. As per the report, the new remelt facility, which involves the total investment of EUR 88 million, is expected to commence production in the first quarter of 2024. The facility will allow the plant to take back production scrap and create closed loops. In a closed loop, production scrap from customers like the automotive tier-one suppliers is collected and sent back directly to the remelt plant. Hydro’s new remelt facility adjacent to the extrusion plant will also remove transportation hassle.
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