Commodity price volatility continues to create a significant commercial challenge for aluminium recyclers, affecting inventory valuation, purchase decisions, sales commitments and margins. As businesses navigate increasingly dynamic metal markets, understanding how to identify and manage price...
A WBCSD study says advanced sorting technology is available, but stronger demand for grade-specific secondary aluminium is needed to unlock investment. Technology for sorting mixed aluminium scrap has advanced significantly, but weak domestic markets for some recovered grades are limiting...
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A visit by Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Samson Ahi, to the Shai Hills facility of Recyclers Ghana Ltd has drawn attention to the company’s export contribution and the pressures facing the recycling industry. To learn about the global aluminium outlook, download our...
Under the theme “Turn Your Can into Climate Action,” as initiated by the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), the 30th edition of its flagship Can Collection Day was celebrated. The main aim of this event is to turn recycling into a powerful nationwide movement, encouraging everyone to take...
Futures: The most-traded aluminium alloy 2604 contract opened at RMB 22,305 per tonne overnight, with a high of RMB 22,385 per tonne, a low of RMB 22,085 per tonne, and closed at RMB 22,140 per tonne, down slightly by 0.54 per cent. Spot-Futures Price Spread Report: According to SMM data, on...
The global sustainability narrative continues to evolve as policymakers, industries and communities reassess how resources are produced, reused and managed. Over the past week, developments across Europe and Asia -along with policy signals from India, reflected opportunities embedded in the...
Recycling of aluminium coffee capsules, in France, is rapidly increasing with the right public awareness and behaviour towards reusing, reflecting both progress and persistent challenges in sorting practices. A survey of 1,977 users taken between November 20 and December 9, 2025, revealed that a...
On February 11, for example, Mysteel assessed the average price for domestically-generated #6063 aluminium scrap in South China's Guangdong province at RMB 18,750 per tonne (USD 2,712 per tonne), lower by 3.6 per cent from the end of January. By the same day, China's composite primary aluminium...
Ireland’s effort to reshape recycling habits is showing scale. More than 2.4 billion plastic bottles and aluminium cans have been collected since the launch of the country’s deposit return scheme, according to new figures released as the initiative marks its second anniversary. The programme,...
Futures: The aluminium alloy 2603 contract closed at RMB 22,150 per tonne, up RMB 235 yuan or 1.07 per cent from the previous trading day. Volume was 2,539 lots, and open interest stood at 4,211 lots (down 150 lots from the previous session). After pulling back from the previous high of RMB 24,410...
Suppliers delayed revised price announcements. The market adopted a cautious wait-and-see approach. India's imported aluminium scrap prices fell w-o-w aligning with the correction seen on LME. Meanwhile, domestic scrap prices held largely steady amid tight domestic supply. To know more about the...
On Monday, a global recycling industry body informed that the European Commission's proposed limits on scrap aluminium exports are unnecessary and could actually harm the circular economy. Dating back to November, the Commission had implemented a restriction on these exports to keep the metal...
Futures: The aluminium alloy 2603 contract closed at RMB 22,300 per tonne, up RMB 85 yuan or 0.38 per cent from the previous trading day, indicating signs of short-term stabilisation. The K-value was 20.35, the D-value 24.93, and the J-value 11.2, all within the 20-50 range. The J-line has turned...
Aluminium scrap is quickly becoming a crucial battleground for the global metals industry. There is a mix of changing trade patterns, soaring prices, stricter regulations and urgent decarbonisation goals all coming together. Europe is increasingly worried about scrap leakage, while Asia is becoming...
As early photovoltaic or PV solar panel installations are nearing the end of their operational lifespan, solar panel recycling is turning out to be a central concern. With global solar capacity expansion in process, the focus is shifting toward an efficient and responsible implementation of PV...
Futures: Last night, the most-traded AD2603 futures contract opened and then rose rapidly, hitting a high of RMB 23,990 per tonne, with the gain once approaching 1.91 per cent. It then pulled back quickly and finally closed at RMB 23,590 per tonne, down RMB 195 per tonne or 0.82 per cent from the...
Futures: Overnight, the most-traded aluminium alloy 2603 futures contract opened, surged to RMB 23,230 per tonne, then quickly pulled back to hit a bottom of RMB 22,925 per tonne, before rebounding in fluctuations and finally closing at RMB 23,060 per tonne, up RMB 5 per tonne or 0.02per cent from...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest company among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in the aluminium industry, has achieved a major construction milestone at its aluminium recycling plant in Al Taweelah, with the facility’s giant melting furnace charged with aluminium scrap for...
For years, aluminium strength was measured in smelters and megawatts. Primary metal sat at the heart of industrial growth, and power determined who could scale and who could not. That formula is starting to lose its hold. In both China and the United States - the world’s two largest aluminium...
A popular immersive installation designed to inspire recycling has made a comeback at Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum in Widnes, Cheshire, for a year-long residency. To know more about the global primary aluminium industry 2026 outlook, access the report “ Global Aluminium Industry...
