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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Robina Town Centre has teamed up with not-for-profit organisation Container Exchange to launch a new container recycling initiative named Partners for Change. Customers in the Robina Town Centre can dispose eligible drink containers in specially marked bins within the Food Atrium. Containers...
The journey by aeroplane is considered as one of the fastest and sophisticated in the world for decades. Thousands of aeroplanes carry millions of passengers to reach their destinations. Now, aeroplanes also have a life-ending process, or we say retirement, but in reality, an aeroplane never dies,...
The Scandinavian country, Norway has installed a park bench which is now carrying the technology that permits for those sitting on it, can trace Wrexham firm played in its creation. The park bench has digital product passports, containing verified information using Blockchain technology. This...
The aluminium recycling segment is playing a vital role, as the recycling process creates high-quality aluminium that loses none of the physical properties of primary aluminium and also uses just 5% of the energy it takes to create primary aluminium. The most happening news which came up this week...
Hydro announced that its Rackwitz recycling plant will expand into production of the innovative HyForge forge stock segment. The new plant will start operations by end of first quarter 2023. The expansions will increase the use of post-consumer aluminium to ensure market-leading sustainability...
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 2,640 tonnes in April, with a month-on-month increase of 9.54%. Taiwan had imported 2,410 tonnes in March 2021. On a yearly basis, imports reduced by 13.73 % from 3,060 tonnes in April 2020, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the first...
According to the US Census Bureau report, the country imported 34,200 tonnes of aluminium scrap from Canada in April 2021. That was almost flat compared to 34,800 tonnes in March 2021. However, the import volume in March increased month-on-month by 5,500 tonnes or 18.77 per cent from 29,300 tonnes...
Shawinigan Aluminum Inc. (SAI) rolls out its new aluminium recycling center. On 15 th September 2020, as announced SAI is investing $ 10 million to build a new aluminium recycling center that will recycle 30,000 metric tonnes of aluminium per year. The additional recycling capacity is complementary...
The freshly revealed research exhibits that environmental concerns within Ireland are amongst the highest in Europe. The survey of thousands of people across 15 European countries, conducted by Every Can Counts, a not-for-profit communications programme working to inspire, encourage and empower...
South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 21,900 tonnes in April, with a year-on-year decrease of 9%. South Korea had imported 24,100 tonnes in April 2020. On a monthly basis, imports increased by 11% from 19,700 tonnes in March 2021, as updated by the US Census Bureau. South...
The Norwegian aluminium company, Hydro’s Aluminium Metal unit has inked a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire land to develop a “state-of-the-art aluminium recycling plant” in Cassopolis, Michigan, that will produce aluminium extrusion ingot. The European company said: “The planned facility in...
The GDP of Lithuania grew 1.2% Y-o-Y in Q1 2021, contrasting the 1.2% drop tallied in Q4 2020 and the reading was revised up from the preliminary estimate of a 1.0% expansion, according to a second estimate released on 1 st June by FocusEconomics. The country holds some aluminium downstream and...
In April 2021, India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States stood at 30,300 tonnes, almost flat compared to 29,700 tonnes in March 2021, found US Geological Survey. In February, India imported 27,200 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the US, 12.86 per cent more than 24,100 tonnes in January....
The Japanese economy is expected to grow and avoided skidding into recession this quarter but an extension of emergency measures to stem a rise in coronavirus infections has dented the growth outlook, a Reuters poll reflected. The island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean,...
The economy of Sweden is regaining its movement, with projected GDP growth close to 4% in 2021 and 3½% in 2022, on the back of rising exports, which boost manufacturing production and investment, and strong fiscal and monetary support. The Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and...
The economy of Qatar will regain its positive growth of 2.9% in 2021, as the economy benefits from a recovery in Chinese and global LNG demand, as well as the rapprochement with the former boycotting quartet Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. The peninsular Arab nation’s export of aluminium...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, secondary aluminium producers operating rates decreased 5.44 percentage points month-on-month to stand at 59.56 per cent, as a result of weak operating rates at small and big secondary aluminium plants. On a year-on-year calculation, operating rates edged up...
The Dutch economy is envisioned to grow by 2.7% in 2021 and 3.7% in 2022, reaching the pre-Covid levels at the beginning of 2022. Consumption will navigate the recovery as households normalise their saving after the sharp increase in 2020. Private investment will enhance, but pursue to be held back...
