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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Phil Wright of Decatur, a 54-year-old year gentleman completed a charity walk of more than 26 miles to Dawson pulling a wagon filled with about 40 pounds of pull-tabs from aluminium cans amid freezing cold and sharp wind. He delivered the aluminium pull-tabs at Springfield's Ronald McDonald House for recycling. In addition to the 40 pounds that Phil pulled, there were 38.2 pounds that wouldn't fit in his wagon. As explained by the representatives of the charity fund, they collect the pull-tabs throughout the year and get about 25 cents per pound when they recycle the aluminium. The money is utilized to cover costs at the house, which provides free lodging to patient’s families with loved ones at one of the hospitals in Springfield. Johanna Moll, development and communications coordinator...
Aluminium scrap prices in North America plateaued on ScrapMonster Price Index on January 4, Wednesday. 1100 Scrap prices showed no change through the day. The prices of 3003 aluminium scrap too remained flat at US$0.58 per lb. The prices of 6063 Extrusions, 6063 Extrusions/Fe, 356 Aluminium Wheels also held strong to their grounds over the trading day at ScrapMonster Price Index. In the meantime, prices of 6061 Extrusions and 5052 Scrap were reported unchanged at US$0.53 per Lb and US$0.55 per Lb respectively. EC Aluminium wire prices, Aluminium Radiators and Aluminium Radiators/Fe prices registered zero change. Aluminium Transformers and Breakage 50% Recovery prices remained flat on the second trading day of the New Year. Other future contracts that showed zero change in prices were...
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) which represents the leading aluminium packaging producers and reprocessors in the UK, urges people in UK to recycle their festive aluminium packaging after the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Aluminium is the mostly used household material during festive holidays. UK households use about 182 foil trays annually and the large part of it is used during the festive period. Alupro reminds people to recycle the foil trays alongside other food and drink packaging. Aluminium foil trays are very easy to recycle if disposed properly. The excess food on the tray should be scrapped into the bin and the trays could be given a wipe or a rinse under the tape to remove excess grease or any other residue. Removing food from the tray is...
The ‘ leave your cap on’ campaign that has been launched by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) in partnership with British Glass and the European Aluminium Foil Association to encourage residents to screw the aluminium caps back on glass bottles before recycling, has recently expanded in four local authorities. The new campaign in Oxford and Berkshire, adding the total number of bottle banks across the UK has touched 5,443. The campaign’s message has reached over 2 million households. On launching the campaign, Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro commented: “…. it’s the ideal time for people to get into the habit of screwing caps back on and helping to boost recycling figures. The market for aluminium bottle closures is growing rapidly, particularly for wine...
According China's General Administration of Custom’s report, china’s imports of aluminium scrap increased by 28.61 per cent year-on-year to 198,160 tons in November 2016. In November 2016, total aluminium scrap imported by china was at 220,000 metric tons up 26.1 per cent YoY. China imported 1,739,488 tons of aluminium over the period from January to November 2016. The YTD scrap import jumped by 10.1 per cent YoY to 1.91 million metric tons, according to china’s official data. From January to November 2016, China’s top five aluminium scrap providing countries are The United States, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.
According to the aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, the total aluminium scrap imports in the United States totalled an estimated 782 million pounds in September 2016. The volume represented a 5.5 per cent rise over the corresponding period previous year, when the imports stood at 741 million pounds. The recovery of secondary aluminium and aluminium alloys in the U.S. totalled 666 million pounds in September 2016, up 5.8 per cent from the same period last year, states USGS estimate. During the first three quarters of 2016, the amount of recycled aluminium generated from scrap totalled an estimated 5,992 million pounds, up 5.9 per cent over the 2015 year-to-date total of 5,657 million. According to the USGS preliminary estimates...
According to the latest import and export data released by China's General Administration of Customs, China imported a total volume of 198,160 tonnes scrap aluminium in November 2016. The figure represents a significant 28.61 per cent increase in scrap aluminium import by the country in 2016 as compared to the same period of previous year. China's total scrap aluminium import for the January-November period stood at 1,739,488 tonnes. The United States, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom remained the top five scrap aluminium supplying countries for China during the period under review. China imported 56,154 tonnes of the scrap metal from the US in November and 511,462 tonnes during January-November period. The country's November import volume of scrap aluminium from...
China's oversupply of aluminium led to a global glut with prices plummeting to their lowest in 2016. There have been several incidents of affected primary producers from all over the globe coming forward and voicing their concern against the rising shipment volumes of aluminium in every form from China to the overseas market. Notwithstanding the objections and allegations, China kept offshoring its aluminium as output in the country kept rising barring a few capacity cuts. The silver lining, however, amid all these market doldrums was a steady demand for aluminium which came from the ever expanding end user sectors. The demand was initially buoyant for both primary as well as recycled aluminium, reported European Aluminium at the 2016 Aluminium trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, but in a...
According to Aluminum Association report, U.S. received a total of 53.3 million pounds of new can stock (class) scraps during November 2016. The records a slight increase from over 53.1 million pounds in November 2015. Month wise, class scrap receipts in November saw a minor rise over a total of 53.1 million pounds in October 2016. Class scrap receipts from January to October 2016 totalled 631.5 million pounds, which recorded a slight increase over the 2015 YTD total of 627.1 million pounds.
Sustainability in aluminium industry gained paramount importance in 2016. While in Malaysia, we saw the government coming down heavily on unregulated bauxite mining that caused irreparable damage to the water bodies in Pahang, environmental tightening in China forced China Hongqiao, the world’s largest aluminium smelter to cease production at its plant. Aluminium recycling, which unarguably is the most sustainable step in aluminium value chain, also gained momentum globally this year. Many brands came forward to encourage aluminium recycling among consumers and many countries too upped their scrap aluminium recycling pursuits in an effort to meet sustainability targets set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). {newsStudioGallery} As 2016 nears its end let’s...
Aluminium recycling has improved the quality of lives for hundreds of villagers in Vietnam's Nam Truc District in Northern Province of Nam Ðinh. Ever since the residents here started using recycled aluminium for making handicraft items their livelihood has changed- changed for the better. For more than 30 years now, people living in Bình Yên Village located near the Nam Ninh Hai River have been successfully collecting and recycling aluminium cans, containers, and used household items with a capacity of waste amounting to over 1,500 tonnes per month. Presently, more than 300 households in the village are associated with the profession. Every day, about 1,000 odd labourers collect aluminium beverage cans to make trays, pots, basins and other household items of daily use. Most of the...
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) is frustrated that the proposed options within the consultation on new packaging recycling business targets do not reflect the ambition of the aluminium sector to maximise recovery and recycling of this valuable material. Although the trajectory proposed should lead to the UK achieving the targets in line with the EU Circular Economy package, Alupro is concerned that the momentum that has been achieved over recent years, and which has seen significant improvements in recycling performance for the material, could be undermined. Prior to the publication of the consultation Alupro had proposed to DEFRA that the 2017 target for aluminium packaging be increased, and urged that future targets be ‘front end loaded’ to ensure the producer...
Aluminium scrap recycling and recovery have become an integral part of the aluminium industry in every country in order to yield reasonably high-purity molten metal at a much lower cost and using fifty per cent less energy than primary aluminium. Indian recyclers import considerable amount of aluminium scrap in order to make remelt aluminium and supply to the domestic downstream sector, mostly utensil makers, die casters and extruders. However, India displays lack of structure for aluminium scrap handling and secondary metal recovery. India’s metal recycling rate is just about 25%. There are hardly any laws governing the scrap sector except for the e-waste which came into existence in 2011. In the year 2014, India imported 8, 40,540 tons of aluminium scrap . The value of import was USD...
Aluminium scrap prices in North America remained flat on ScrapMonster Price Index as on December 6, Tuesday. There was no change noted in 1100 Scrap prices during the day's trading and the prices of 3003 Scrap too remained flat at $0.59 per Lb. Other aluminium scrap commodities which held their grounds on the index include 356 Aluminum Wheels, 6063 Extrusions/Fe too, and 6063 Extrusions. The prices of 6061 Extrusions and 5052 Scrap remained unchanged at $0.54 per Lb and $0.56 per Lb respectively. The prices of Al/Cu Radiators and Al/Cu Radiators/Fe remained flat. Aluminum Radiators and Aluminum Radiators/Fe prices held steady. Aluminum Transformers, Breakage 50% Recovery prices, Chrome Wheels and E.C Aluminum Wire prices remained unchanged on December 6, Tuesday. No change in the price of...
Schools in the Island of Guam on Pacific Ocean will be receiving new recycling bins for aluminium cans under the novel I*Recycle Programme. The initiative is aimed at encouraging youngsters in as many as 60 schools to recycle more aluminium cans for a greener earth and a better tomorrow. New trendy plastic recycling bins will replace the current metal bins that have been in use for the last ten years. The new bins though a little costly at about $1,150 per piece will add to the excitement of the school going children, expect Guam government and I*Recycle Programme authorities. According to the Guam Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the island country managed a recycling rate of 29 per cent in 2015. While the rate is down four percentage points from the previous year, the island...
Rick Hindley, Executive Director of the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) in an interview to Resource magazine says, figures published on the National Packaging Waste Database by the Environment Agency show the that UK is on track to meet or exceed annual recycling targets for aluminium packaging. In 2015, over 75,000 tonnes of aluminium packaging was collected for recycling in the UK. Over 60 per cent of that was recycled in the UK and the rest was exported. With the commissioning of new recycling facilities around Europe, demand for aluminium packaging scrap is growing fast and strong. Hydro Aluminium’s dedicated packaging recycling plant near Dusseldorf was also launched last year. According to him automotive industry is using substantial amount of recycled aluminium...
The aluminium company Hydro has signed a cooperation with Austin AI Inc. (AAI), Texas, on joint development of advanced technology to sort automotive aluminium alloys. New developments can bring a step change to efficient, robust recycling of manufacturing scraps and later on used cars. The cooperation with Hydro is rooted in first R&D trials back in August 2015 and now structured by a comprehensive work plan. The automotive industry boosts the use of aluminium to build lighter cars that emit less CO2. Their press shops are stamping different sheet components mostly made of 5xxx or 6xxx aluminium alloys. This requires separation of production scrap and makes recycling complex already for production remains, as well as at the end of life phase. The persistent gap in clean fractioning of...
Rolled aluminium and recycling giant Novelis has bagged the prestigious European award for its closed loop car production project - the REALCAR (REcycled ALuminium CAR) at ALUMINIUM 2016, in Düsseldorf, Germany. The project with Jaguar and Land Rover won the award in the automotive and transportation category. JLR launched the closed loop programme in 2008 and in 2015 it recovered over 45,000 tonnes of press-shop aluminium scrap. As a partner in the project, Novelis also came up with a new aluminium alloy with up to 75% recycled aluminium content. The alloy retains the strength, formability, and durability required for automotive engineering. It was first used in the Jaguar XE vehicles, and is now used in all legacy models going out of the JLR stable. President of Novelis Europe, Emilio...
