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 media report, crushing or flattening aluminium cans before throwing it for recycling makes the sorting and recycling tougher for the recycling facilities. As explained by Matt Meenan, the senior director of public affairs at the Aluminum Association, when a crushed can is put...
According to the latest report from US Geological Survey, the US exports of aluminium scrap, which is not included in the government’s consumption statistics, came in at 1.76 million tonnes in 2018. The figure was up 190,000 tonnes or 12.1 per cent from 2017 total of 1.57 million tonnes....
Jupiter Aluminum, an Illinois-based company that melts aluminium scrap and produce aluminium coils for building and construction industry is expanding its plant Jupiter Coil Coat Beech Bottom West Virginia. Jupiter Aluminum operates its lines in the former Wheeling Corrugating Plant along W.Va. 2....
Daiki Aluminium Industry India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Daiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd., Japan, has broken ground on a new aluminium alloy recycling plant at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. Daiki Aluminium Industry will make an investment of INR250 crore. The new aluminium alloy...
The second annual Global Recycling Day was celebrated yesterday, March 18, in Washington, DC. Communities and individuals around the world gathered together to celebrate the Global Recycling Day. On the occasion, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) urged businesses, communities,...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, operating rates across Chinese secondary aluminium producers dropped to a record low in February. The Chinese New Year holiday and poor end-market demand were the two main reasons for the decline, as suggested by SMM. Even in January, China’s secondary aluminium...
Wall Street Journal reported that used beer and soda cans pile up in the U.S. scrapyards as rolling mills are turning to producing more profitable auto parts rather than recycling and turning the scraps to new can sheets. The news story says used cans are piling up at scrapyards because U.S....
The Coca-Cola Foundation is reportedly funding community recycling pilots in seven cities across the United States, in a bid to encourage their efforts. The amount it is giving is $5.4 million, including $4 million for a three-year programme with the Recycling Partnership in Atlanta. “In each pilot...
Veolia has partnered with the restaurant chain Leon to introduce a reverse vending machine that will accept aluminium cans and plastic bottles in return for 10% discount at the nearest Leon restaurant. The machine, located at King’s Cross branch in London, will take used plastic bottles up to 750ml...
Matalco’s US$80 million aluminium recycling plant in Wisconsin Rapids got preliminary approval from the city's Finance and Property Committee to the purchase agreement for the land and the developer's agreement for the project. Matalco Vice President for Corporate Development Robert Roscetti says...
Researchers at the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at Brunel University are working in collaboration with Netherlands-based aluminium products manufacturer Constellium to produce high-strength aluminium alloys from completely recycled metals. This strategic research...
New reforms if implemented, including a deposit return scheme (DRS), may double the aluminium recycling and prevent around £50 million of wasted resources each year each year, as suggested by environment think tank Green Alliance report. The report titled ‘Closing the loop: Four steps towards 100...
Malaysia imported 161,000 tonnes of crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) and scrap from the US in the first eleven months of 2018, an increase of 109400 or 212% from 51,600 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2017. {newsStudioGallery} Total...
Mexico is popularly known for having a large number of secondary aluminium smelters and die-casters which cater to the domestic automotive industry- globally the seventh-largest in production volume. Most of these smelters use aluminium scrap imported from various parts of the world, but mainly...
According to a recent report, Nespresso, in collaboration with New York City’s curbside recycling programme, has made a US$1.2 million commitment to enable better recovery of its aluminium coffee capsules. President and CEO of Nespresso USA Guillaume Le Cunff said, “Nespresso is deeply committed to...
Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) reportedly reunited the nation once again for its 23 rd Cycle of the Can Collection Day. More than 200 entities, including various hotels, families, academic institutions, and corporations from Emirates participated in the event and reeled in 4050 kg of aluminium...
The U.S. exports of aluminium scrap, which is not included in the government’s consumption statistics, came in at 176,000 tonnes in November 2018, representing an increase of 29,000 tonnes or 19.7% year-on-year. On a month on month basis, aluminium scraps export rose 7.3% from the October export...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) recently welcomed the Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain’s Supreme Council of Environment (SCE) Dr. Mohamed Mubarak Bin Daina at Alba, and showcased its latest environmental initiatives. The issues discussed were the company’s latest environmental initiatives in...
