Europe’s recycled aluminium industry is an important component of the global secondary aluminium supply chain, with Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom (UK) representing key national markets. Production across the European region stood at nearly 6 million tonnes in 2023, supported by established scrap recovery systems, industrial recycling capacity and demand for recycled metal. Russia also contributes to the regional landscape through secondary aluminium production units concentrated in several industrial centres. According to AL Circle’s analysis in its report, “ World Recycled ALuminium Market Analysis Industry Forecast ”, the four countries present different market structures, from Germany’s substantial recycling capacity and Italy’s scrap-based production to the UK’s organised...
According to SMM survey statistics, the operating rate of the secondary aluminium alloy industry in September was 35.0 per cent, up 3.1 percentage points M-o-M but down 6.7 percentage points Y-o-Y. Industry production continued its recovery trend, but the overall operating level remained below the same period last year. On the demand side, September marked the traditional peak consumption season, with downstream orders recovering from August. End-use demand from automobiles and other sectors improved marginally, but the peak season effect has yet to fully materialise. According to CAAM data, automobile production in September was 2.99 million units, up 11.4 per cent M-o-M but down 8.7 per cent Y-o-Y. NEV production was 1.814 million units, up 12.2 per cent Y-o-Y. CAAM noted that China's...
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Real Industry, Inc. a holding company that focuses on the operations of Real Alloy Holding, Inc. (Real Alloy), which is engaged in aluminium recycling, reported financial results for the first quarter of FY 2017. The Company's segments include Real Alloy North America (RANA) and Real Alloy Europe (RAEU). The RANA segment deals in aluminium melting, processing, recycling and alloying activities over approximately 20 facilities located in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The RAEU segment converts aluminium scrap, dross and other alloying agents, and supplies the recycled metal in ingot or molten form from approximately six facilities located in Germany, Norway and Wales. Real Industry reported total revenues of $337.1 million in Q1 2017 in comparison to $309.4 million in revenues in...
India major aluminium scrap commodities prices on the Scrap Register Price Index stayed flat as on Tuesday, while aluminium futures prices at Multi Commodity Exchange settled slightly higher at INR 121.05 per kilogram. India's major aluminium scrap commodities like aluminium accessories scrap, aluminium cable scrap, aluminium ingots, aluminium rod company, aluminium rod local, aluminium scrap 6063 and aluminium scrap taint/tabor showed a flat trend on Tuesday. The most active May aluminium contract on Multi Commodity Exchange edged up by 0.12% INR 121.05 per kilogram on Tuesday from previous close of 120.90 per kilogram. The MCX aluminium prices touched an intra-day high of INR 121.70 per kilogram and an intra-day low of INR 120.65 per kilogram during Tuesday. Aluminium output in China...
Aluminium scrap export from Japan to South Korea declined in March 2017. The South East Asian country has reportedly turned to Zorba scrap and the US twitch as they have been found to be more economical. March 2017 aluminium scrap export from Japan to South Korea stood at 1,764 tonnes, down from 2,953 tonnes in November 2016. The export is estimated to shrink further as South Korean prosecutors have started an investigation on the aluminium procurement practices of Hyundai Motor Group and its aluminium alloy suppliers, who source a lion's share of their requirement from Japan, a company source reported to S&P Global Platts last week. {newsStudioGallery} Japan is a major exporter of aluminium scrap and automotive grade aluminium alloy to the entire of South East Asia. The country shipped...
An e-waste recycling startup in Faridabad, India by “a recycler with professional degrees and an organized setup” is changing the way people in India look at scrap recycling. The Namo E-waste Management was started in 2014 by 28 year old Akshay Jain , who did his MBA from Greenwich University in the UK, where he learnt how organized waste management worked. “Waste was properly segregated, identified and disposed of according to specified norms across the UK. I was inspired by the robust recycling mechanism in place and wanted to do something similar in India,” he says. “I focused on e-waste because of a near total lack of awareness about it and also because it is the fastest growing solid waste stream here,” he says. The company took one year to get the logistics in place and it stated...
According to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 763 million pounds of aluminum scrap during February 2017. This registers about 1.4% increase over the February 2016 total of 753 million pounds and January 2017 total of 754 million pounds. According to USGS estimate recovery of aluminium and aluminium alloys totalled 662 million pounds in February, an increase of 2% from February 2016 and also from the January 2017 total of 649 million pounds. Preliminary data indicates that the recovery of aluminium from scrap totaled an estimated 1,321 million pounds for January and February 2017, up 2.1% over the 2016 YTD total of 1,294 million pounds. U.S. exports of scrap, not included in...
Nespresso, a part of Swiss multinational Nestlé is to start a trial scheme for their UK consumers to recycle their used aluminium coffee capsules for the first time. This is counter effort towards the backlash against their popular single-serve pods, which end up in landfill. The six-month pilot project will let Nespresso Club members recycle their used capsules using the special purple recycling bag, through their council household recycling service. Residents from London borough of Kensington and Chelsea will only be able to put out the Nespresso capsules. Nespresso has defended its aluminium coffee capsules due to its ability to keep the coffee fresh and its recycling potential. The trial scheme is part of a project to give customers more convenient in recycling. The collected used...
China government launched its third round of pollution control inspections on April 24 in seven provinces, a move feared to strike the nation's secondary aluminium smelters with large carbon footprints. Shanghai Metals Market surveyed to find out how big the impact could be on the downstream aluminium market demand. Automotive industry being the largest consumer sector of secondary aluminium smelters in China is thought to be hit temporarily by the semi-finished products supply uncertainties. However, analysts opine that the secondary aluminium price will not increase, as the pollution checks are likely to have minimal effect. China launched the environmental inspections in Tianjin, Shanxi, Liaoning, Anhui, Fujian, Hunan and Guizhou provinces of China. Most of the secondary aluminium...
Ontario, Canada based remelted aluminium billet manufacturer Matalco Inc. is poised to double output at its new plant in Lordstown, Ohio, reported S&P Global Platts. Production at the plant, which began operations in March, last year, is estimated to reach 200 million pounds by the end of 2017. The plant produced 90 million pounds of remelted aluminium billets in 2016. The Matalco official who discussed the possibility with S&P Global Platts said, "The market is very strong ... We have several customers saying their order books were full.” Matalco produces 6000 series extrusion-grade billets at its Ohio plant, which mainly cater to the automotive, building, and construction sector suppliers in the domestic market. The firm intends to produce some billets for the forging market as well,...
An American multinational technology company Apple released its annual environmental responsibility report on Thursday, April 20, stating the company’s intention of ending reliance on mining altogether and instead shifting to recycled aluminium for making its gadgets. According to the company’s research, apple’s old products should be the source of recycled aluminium rather than from recycling facilities. This recycled aluminium offers high grade that is needed for making gadgets. Apple wrote, "Traditional supply chains are linear. Materials are mined, manufactured as products, and often end up in landfills after use. Then the process starts over and more materials are extracted from the earth for new products.” "We believe our goal should be a closed-loop supply chain, where products are...
Major aluminium scrap commodity prices in India market remained steady on Thursday, April 13, while aluminium futures prices on Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) witnessed a slide. The overall price ended below at INR 123.10 per kilogram. India's aluminium scrap commodities, the major ones that is, like aluminium accessories scrap, aluminium cable scrap, aluminium ingots, aluminium rod company, aluminium rod local, aluminium scrap 6063 and aluminium scrap taint/tabor did not show much change on Thursday. The most actively traded April aluminium contract on MCX declined by 1.13 per cent to settle at INR 123.10 per kg on Thursday from its previous close of INR 122.35 per kg. MCX aluminium prices registered an intra-day peak at INR 123.30 per kg and an intra-day low of INR 122.25 per kg the...
Japan is buying lesser quantity of aluminium scrap from the international market than it would do three years back. The global trade data shows the archipelagic nation imported only 39427.5664 tonnes of the light metal scrap in 2016, down 41.2 per cent from the previous year. {newsStudioGallery} The double digit decline in import volume of aluminium scrap could be indicative of the fact that the country is generating a greater volume of the commodity domestically. This is because the Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association has recently made a forecast that the country’s total secondary aluminium demand in fiscal 2017-2018 will rise to 1,657,300 tonnes, up 1.4 per cent year on year. The above graph shows Japan imported 67092.23 tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2015. Since then the import...
The environmental protection storm swept across the regions in China in 2016, and this will continue to 2017. How will this affect China’s secondary aluminum industry? China’s four ministries jointly issued 2017 Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in Beijing, Tinjin and Hebei on February 28. The Plan mentioned environmental protection works in casting industry but excluded electric furnace and natural gas-fired furnace, and the government only announced to restrict coal-fired furnace. The action will cover Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei’s Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Langfang, Baoding, Cangzhou, Hengshui, Xingtai, Handan, Shanxi’s Taiyuan, Yangquan, Changzhi, Jincheng, Shandong’s Jinan, Zibo, Jining, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Binzhou, Heze, Henan’s Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Anyang, Hebi, Xinxiang,...
According to preliminary figures released by the EU statistics office Eurostat, exports of non-ferrous scrap metals from the EU in particular aluminium scrap shipments from the EU member states to non-EU countries were on the rise, after a decline in 2017. According to the Eurostat data, about 941,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap with a total value of €1.07bn were exported by the 28 EU member states in 2016 registering a growth of 10% YOY from 858,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap valued at €1.11bn in 2015. Shipments to China and the special administrative zone Hong Kong increased from a combined 337,000 tonnes in the year 2015 to 393,000 tonnes in 2016. EU also recorded higher level of export to Pakistan at 70,000 tonnes in comparison to previous year’s level of 59,000 tonnes. The Eurostat data...
Nespresso and Czech bicycle producer Festka have joined hands to come up with a unique product to promote aluminium recycling. Festka recycles the ubiquitous aluminium coffee capsules from Nespresso to fabricate a unique bicycle called the Festka Doppler. The bicycle was sold at a charity auction held during Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week. The auction money went to support the Tereza Maxová Foundation, which works for underprivileged children. The unique product not only demonstrated the recyclability of Nespresso aluminium coffee capsules in an innovative manner but also caught the visitor’s eyes. Commenting on this unique project, Michael Mourecek, co-founder of Festka said, “Aluminum has a long history of use in the bicycle manufacturing industry. Creating a bicycle from recycled...
India major aluminium scrap commodities prices climbed on Tuesday, while aluminium futures prices at Multi Commodity Exchange settled down on profit booking after prices gained on expectations of a tighter market. The major aluminium scrap commodities on the Scrap Register Price Index advanced on Tuesday. India's major aluminium scrap commodities like aluminium rod company, aluminium rod local, aluminium sheet cutting, aluminium utensil scrap and aluminium wire scrap traded up on Tuesday. The most active March aluminium contract on Multi Commodity Exchange down by 0.036 percent to Rs. 125.85 per kilogram on Tuesday from previous close of Rs. 126.30 per kilogram. The MXC aluminium prices touched an intra-day high of Rs. 126.90 per kilogram and an intra-day low of Rs. 125.70 per kilogram...
According to the aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 754 million pounds of aluminium scrap during January 2017, registering an increase of 2.2 % over the January 2016 total of 738 million. USGS estimates that recovery of aluminium and aluminium alloys totalled 649 million pounds in January, an increase of 2.2 % year-over-year. Preliminary data indicate that recovery of aluminium from scrap totalled an estimated 7,785 million pounds in 2016, up 4.6 % over the 2015 total of 7,441 million. U.S. exports of scrap, not included in the government’s consumption statistics, totalled 244 million pounds in January, up 13.5 % over January 2016.
The British Drops Cycling Team will wave the flag of Every Can Counts at De Ronde Van Vlaanderen, the famous Belgian cycling race taking place on 1-2 April. They will encourage spectators to make their cans count and spread the news of the upcoming launch of Every Can Counts in Belgium during summer 2017. With the Every Can Counts logo printed on their cycling gear, the Drops Team underlines key awareness messages concerning the need to collect and recycle each beverage can. Hopefully thousands of enthusiastic spectators will pick up this message. The Drops Team is sponsored by Alupro UK, the British aluminium packaging recycling organisation running Every Can Counts in the UK. Alupro Executive Director, Rick Hindley says: “The partnership with Drops gives us a great opportunity to reach...
Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East for rolling, cutting and fabricating aluminium, plans to set up a new recycling and cast house facility worth $ 55 million. Mahmood Alkooheji, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat) CEO, made the announcement recently when he visited the facility along with GARMCO’s Chairman, Acting CEO and board members. A re-melt operation would develop GARMCO’s metal recycling capability resulting in an increase in production by 150% to 200,000 tonnes of aluminium slabs per year. GARMCO’s Acting CEO Mohammed Essa said that the new facility is on track and hopes to receive the first cast in July so that the plant’s operational capacity would touch highest by November 2017. Mohammed Essa...
