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...
From October 6 to 8, 2026, STEINERT will provide a comprehensive insight into the future of aluminium sorting. Closing the aluminium loop requires both high throughput and melt-ready quality. As demand for high-grade recycled aluminium continues to grow, STEINERT is advancing its sorting systems on...
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Apple never fails to surprise its consumers and woo them with uniquely featured products. Following the legacy, it has recently unveiled a new line of MacBook Air laptops made out of 100 per cent recycled aluminium. Therefore, the weight of the device is reduced to 1.25 kilos from 1.35 kilos. 10...
Aluminium can and tabs recycling is not only helping the environment but also serving a number of social causes. The Fairchild Medical Center Auxiliary is now collecting tabs from soda cans to help raise money for dialysis patient treatment. The collected tabs are taken to the Rogue Valley Dialysis...
Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) brought the nation together on Saturday, October 27, for its annual can recycling campaign for the 22nd year in a row. The yearly event registered a total collection of 313,352 kg of used aluminium cans during this period. This year the Can Collection Drive saw...
The aluminium scrap recycling industry, comprises mainly of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), is reportedly opposing the proposed import duty hike on aluminium scrap from 2.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent. The All India Non Ferrous Metal Association (AINFMA) is of an opinion that the...
Norway-based TOMRA Sorting Recycling has announced the launch of a new-generation X-TRACT machine. New X-TRACT features innovative Dual Processing Technology which enhances final purity levels; multi-density channels to enable more precise classification and sorting of materials; and a broad range...
MYTILINEOS S.A. announces the agreement for the acquisition of a 97.87% stake in EP.AL.ME. S.A. (Aluminum Processing – Metal Industry), a Company that operates in industrial production, processing and trading of metals, mostly aluminium alloys and derivative products. EP.AL.ME. was founded in 1973...
Repak, Ireland’s only government-approved packaging recycling scheme, announced the recycling rate for aluminium drinks can in Ireland continued upward trend in 2017. The latest data showed that more than 7 out of 10 aluminium drink cans sold and consumed in the country in 2017 were collected for...
Istanbul has installed reverse vending machines at metro stations that allow commuters to add credit to their subway cards by depositing aluminium beverage cans and plastic bottle into the machine. According to news by the Istanbul-based Hurriyet news organization, İTÜ-Ayazağa metro station in...
According to data from the Aluminium Association of India (AAI), aluminium scraps import by India increased by 21.44 per cent during April-September period of financial year 2018-2019. The total volume of India’s aluminium scrap import rose from 541,000 tonne during the first half of financial year...
Shanghai Metals Market reported that despite the tradition high season in China, poor consumption in the downstream auto sector negatively affected the operating rates across Chinese secondary aluminium plants in September YoY. Auto sale in China has been on a downtrend for last few months....
Community retailer Scotmid Co-operative has introduced their first-ever reverse vending machine to encourage customers to recycle soft drink cans and plastic bottles. The eco-friendly scheme, called ‘Recycle and Reward’, has been launched for a three-month period in Scotmid’s South Queensferry...
In line with its strategy to offer customers the “greenest” aluminium metal in the industry, Hydro is investing in its remelting facility in Azuqueca, Spain, to increase production of the recycled aluminium product Hydro 75R. Hydro’s Primary Metal business area launched Hydro 75R in December 2017....
Continuing with its strategy to produce and supply the “greenest” aluminium metal in the industry, Hydro has decided to expand remelt operations at its Slovalco plant in collaboration with joint-venture partner PENTA. The expansion will facilitate production of primary aluminium as well as serve as...
Ekopack Bulgaria invested BGN 1.45 million in the construction of a new technology center for sorting of automatic sorting of aluminium and other wastes on an area of 35 decares. The facility was launched by the Minister of Environment and Water along with the mayor and the CEO of Ekopack...
According to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey, aluminium scrap exports by the USA stood at 137,000 tonnes in July 2018, down 5.5 per cent from June 2018 total of 145,000 tonnes. Total scrap exports stood at 965,000 tonnes in the first seven months of 2018. The US...
A secondary aluminium industry body Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) on Thursday, September 27, has requested Indian government to take steps to improve the availability of scrap and address concerns raised by the secondary aluminium industry. The body will also submit a memorandum...
During the Recycle Week this year from September 24 to 30, the world’s leading beverage can maker Ball Corporation has reportedly stepped forward with its survey campaign, which reveals that “Wales is the most worried country about plastic pollution in the UK.” About 81 per cent of people in Wales...
PyroGenesis Canada Inc. a company that designs develops and manufactures plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch systems has announced that it has received a multi-million dollar order for two DROSRITE™ furnace systems from an Asian client. The Systems are the third and fourth commercial...
