BAMA is bringing together the aerosol industry to develop a more consistent recycling message and strengthen consumer understanding of aerosol sustainability. The British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) is calling for industry-wide collaboration to improve how aerosol recycling is...
Hydro has joined Siemens Mobility, TSR Group and Voestalpine in the Train2Train pilot project aimed at recovering aluminium from decommissioned trains and recycling it into components for new rail vehicles. The project brings together the rail value chain, from train dismantling and material...
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The United States imports of aluminium scrap from Canada stood at 36,900 tonnes in June 2021, an increase of 2,800 tonnes or 8.21 per cent month-on-month, found the US Census Bureau. In May, the US imported 34,100 tonnes of aluminium scrap, essentially unchanged from 34,200 tonnes in April 2021....
In the province of Latina, a scrap recycler supplies a nearby foundry with recycled aluminium that has been sorted by TOMRA’s machines to produce a green billet with 85% recycled content. This is an outstanding example of how to create a quality finished product with lower energy consumption and...
South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 15,900 tonnes in June 2021, from 21,600 tonnes in June 2020, marking a decrease of 26.39% year-on-year. On a monthly basis, imports declined by 14.52% from 18,600 tonnes in May 2021, as updated by the US Census Bureau. For the first six...
Japan ranks as the world's third-largest automobile manufacturing nation and is also recognized as the largest electronics goods industry. However, the major Japanese export industries comprise automobiles, consumer electronics, computers, semiconductors, and iron and steel. Furthermore, the...
The week witnessed announcement of Hydro’s aluminium recycling capacity Sjunnen extrusion plant and India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States. Some of the major highlights of the week are: Hydro will expand its aluminium recycling capacity at its Sjunnen extrusion plant in Sweden by...
In October 2020, the Government of Kazakhstan has published a draft which mandated to stress the country's ban on scrap metal exports by truck. The barring of exports comprised of used and exhausted pipes, rails, railway elements and rolling stock, but excludes alloyed and resistant steel scrap....
The leading association that creates awareness and impotence of recycling, metal recycling trade among members, All India Non-Ferrous Metal Exim Association (ANMA), which comprises around 500 aluminium scrap recyclers in Gujarat, has urged the Union government to abstain from enforcing BIS (Bureau...
Hydro will expand its aluminium recycling capacity at its Sjunnen extrusion plant in Sweden by 50% in a €11.3 million expansion. The expansion, which will be finalized by the end of 2022, will meet increased market demand for low-carbon aluminium profiles across all industries where Hydro...
The Covid-19 pandemic is not the solitary reason to turn off the keys for the last time of many aircraft. The rise in the environmental impact of flying is another major reason for putting further pressure on airlines to turn off the engine forever for certain aircraft. Modern aircraft are much...
India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States stood at 28,100 tonnes in June 2021, reflecting a downfall of 1,500 tonnes or 5.07 per cent from 29,600 tonnes in May, found the latest data from the US Census Bureau. However, on a year-on-year basis, the imports stood 119.53 per cent higher...
The aluminium recycled sector remained quite spotlighted this week, primarily due to the Tata Motors proposal to build a 36,000 vehicle per year scrapping facility in Gujarat, India came down in a row with the country’s focus to increase domestic scrap metal processing capacity and diminish...
The recycling of aluminium is gradually becoming crucial in the global aluminium value chain business, as it bars the metal aluminium to be sourced from the excavation of bauxite and shields exploitation. The aluminium industry generates a huge amount of metal scrap and also aluminium in use...
The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), Washington, has announced to give $50,000 aluminium can capture grant to Gel Recycling, a material recovery facility (MRF) in Port Orange, Florida, as a gesture to help the facility recover more beverage cans. Gel Recycling plans to use this grant by investing...
MIT has conducted new research for the production of hydrogen, whereby it has used scrap aluminium and water to potentially reduce pollution while the production of hydrogen. Aluminium reacts with water at room temperature forming aluminium hydroxide and hydrogen. Hydrogen production emits...
The General Manager and Vice President of Ball Beverage Packaging for India and Southeast Asia, Amit Lahoti said: “The demand for can-packed products would sharply rise, given the increasing emphasis on recycling and sustainable solutions.” Mr Lahoti highlighted that the per capita can consumption...
The Indian automobile giant Tata Motors plans to set up a 36,000 vehicle per year scrapping facility in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in a row with India's focus to increase domestic scrap metal processing capacity and reduce dependency on scrap imports. On 13 th August, Tata Motors signed an MoU at the...
A UK multinational non-ferrous metal recycler with an emerging market focus, Romco Metals presently recycles almost 3000 tonnes per month of non-ferrous scrap largely aluminium and copper, consigning it all over the world to car manufacturers. This mechanizes one of Romco’s sites that have...
On 12 th July, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Torch relay commences in Japan, which will last for 13 days until the Games are due to commence on August 24. The first five days will feature flame-lighting events in 43 prefectures of Japan to be lasting until August 16. However, the celebrations will then...
