Aluminium scrap: This week, China's aluminium scrap market price centre edged up alongside primary aluminium. As of September 10, SMM A00 aluminium prices closed at RMB 24,560 per tonne, up RMB 210 per tonne from RMB 24,350 per tonne last Thursday. Domestic aluminium scrap prices followed with...
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According to a recent report by Shanghai Metals Market, the construction of a 100,000 tonnes per year secondary aluminium processing project and a 60,000 tonnes per year waste battery treatment project began in Yunxian County in Southwest China’s Yunnan province on Tuesday, May 12. The total...
According to the Geological Survey of the United States, Mexico imported 16,800 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the US in February 2020. The import was down by 2.33 per cent from 17,200 tonnes in January 2020. In December 2019, Mexico imported 13,100 tonnes of scrap from the US, meaning January saw...
According to Shanghai Metals Market report, China’s environmental authorities on Monday, May 18, issued the seventh batch of import quotas for metal scrap, including aluminium. The authorities confirmed that the seventh batch of import quotas for 2020 would allow additional 1,480 tonnes of...
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Nespresso has increased the recycled aluminium content to 80 per cent in its new coffee machine capsules , as part of its ongoing drive to boost sustainable credentials. The report came after the Swiss company unveiled its new capsules on Friday, May 15. The Nestlé-owned brand claims that its new...
According to the United States Geological Survey, the US aluminium scrap exports to Malaysia showed a continuous downtrend from December 2019 to February 2020. Until November 2019, the United States aluminium scrap exports saw a month-on-month rise, such as an increase from 30,900 tonnes in...
The aluminium packaging recycling rate in the United Kingdom has increased by 4 per cent year-on-year and recorded a new high to 56 per cent, the highest ever level, found the Environment Agency data, published on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) earlier this month. The aluminium...
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Global leader in sensor-based sorting systems, "TOMRA Sorting Recycling", is renowned for spearheading technological developments and its latest innovation is no exception. TOMRA has further developed X-TRACT units for magnesium removal, a ground-breaking x-ray-based solution which can separate...
According to Shanghai Metals Market data, operating rates across China’s secondary aluminium industry in April stood at 47.08 per cent, down 0.22 percentage point from a month ago. In March, China’s secondary aluminium producers’ operating rates were 47.32 per cent after rebounding by 29.2...
On 7 th May’20 the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India, Nitin Gadkari stated that the "vehicle scrappage policy" will be finalised and implemented very soon to stimulate the Indian automobile sector. Gadkari said in a video conference with the members of SIAM (Society of Indian...
The US Geological Survey showed the United States’ aluminium scrap exports to China grew in February 2020, following the jump in the previous month. In February, the US exported 11,400 tonnes of aluminium scrap to China, up 8.6 per cent from January. The country’s exports in January were 10,500...
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According to the latest USGS data, the United States in February 2020 extended its export volume of aluminium scrap by 3,000 tonnes to 149,000 tonnes. In January, the country’s aluminium scrap exports had come in at 146,000 tonnes after increasing by 6,000 tonnes or 4.28 per cent from 140,000...
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According to China customs data, China in March 2020 imported 77,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap, down 39.1 per cent year-on-year but up 29.8 per cent from February 2020. This brought China’s total aluminium scrap imports in the first three months of the year to 199,000 tonnes, down 40.1 per cent...
