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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The recently ended annual Packaging Seminar of the European Aluminium, in Mallorca was a success. Held every year, September, the event provides the host country with the opportunity to give an insight into their specific recycling and recovery challenges. This year’s seminar was no exception either. Organized by the Spanish aluminium packaging recycling organisation Arpal, the event provided a fascinating insight into the recycling and waste management challenges that the island faces, and the solutions they have adopted to deal with those issues. Mallorca being essentially a tourism-driven economy faces huge swings in waste volumes throughout the year which pose various challenges. To deal with them the island government had long adopted a ‘zero waste to landfill’ strategy and awarded...
In the US, shredded scrap prices rose during the week ended August 19, while major US aluminium scrap commodities weekly average prices on Scrap Register Price Index stayed stable. According to TSI, US Midwest shredded scrap index ticked up $1 a long ton to finish the week at $237 a long ton. The weekly average scrap prices of 5052 Alum Clip, Al/Cu Rad with Iron, Alum Breakage 50%, Alum Litho Sheets, Alum Rad with Iron, Alum Radiator, Alum Transformer, Alum Transmission, Alum Turning, Mix Alum Casting, 6061 Alum Extrusion, 6063 Extrusion, Al/Cu Radiator, and Alum Old Sheet, 356 Auto Wheels showed a steady trend during the week. China aluminium scrap update: The Chinese aluminium scrap prices edged up marginally on the Scrap Monster Price Index on October 14th, Friday. 6063 Extrusions...
Cologne, Germany-based Steinert has introduced the LSS (laser sorting system), which it says allows aluminium alloys to be separated from one another. Steinert will present the LSS sorting system during a speech at Aluminium 2016 Thursday, 1 December 2016 at noon. The event will be at Stand 11J75 in Hall 11 of the Messe Dusseldorf convention centre. The auto body panel stamping process generates up to 50 percent scrap, which is a valuable resource that, for economic and ecological reasons, should be kept within the production cycle, the company says. For this to happen, however, it is necessary to presort the scrap by alloy type. “The recognized state of the art until now has been the dry mechanical separation of 2xxx and 7xxx aluminium alloys with higher copper or zinc contents by means...
Mayor of Swoyersville in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Chris Concert is asking borough residents to “get off their cans” and start collecting them — aluminium ones, that is — to raise money for upcoming holiday events. Concert who succeeded long time mayor late Vincent Dennis in May 2015, is known for organizing events that bring families together at little cost. He previously used money raised from an aluminium can collection to host a strawberry social at the Slocum Street Park. Concert said the aluminium cans collected for Christmas will go to the nearest aluminium can recycling centre, where they will be sorted and made to go through processing to yield secondary aluminium of substantial economic value. Recycling being the most environmentally sustainable practice needs to be...
CMS Window Systems, an industry leading building envelope contractor specialising in the design, manufacture and installation of PVCu, aluminium and timber composite windows, doors and curtain walling systems, has been recognised for its commitment to ‘closed loop’ recycling by winning the award for ‘Best Circular Economy Initiative’ at the Scottish Resources Awards. CMS was presented with the award at a prestigious ceremony in Edinburgh in recognition for its hard work to “retain the value of objects, by making things last and as a result helping conserve finite resources, support jobs and improve quality of life”. CMS’s process of recycling waste materials which includes aluminium construction systems ensures 95 per cent of waste is directed away from landfill every year and is unique...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today joins in the celebration of National Manufacturing Day by highlighting the many positive contributions the recycling industry to the U.S. manufacturing landscape. In 2015 alone, more than 130 million metric tons of metal, paper, plastic, glass, textiles, rubber, and electronics were manufactured in specification grade commodities by the U.S. scrap recycling industry. “National Manufacturing Day helps highlight the vital role recyclers play in America’s overall economy, and the variety of ways recycling is involved in one’s everyday life,” said Robin Wiener, president of ISRI. “As the first link in the manufacturing supply chain, the recycling industry provides a source of raw material to other manufacturers that is environmentally...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today the launch of an all-new aluminum recycling education program, “Life of a Can – A Never Ending Story.” Designed to reinforce the importance of aluminum recycling and empower students to be environmental stewards, this new program offers standards-aligned digital learning tools for classrooms and families nationwide that explore the never-ending lifecycle of a recycled aluminum can and encourage classrooms to implement recycling programs of their own. The online tool also features national hockey league defenseman, Stanley Cup Champion, and “eco-athlete,” Andrew Ference, to drive home the importance...
Vedanta, the London listed mining conglomerate says it is contemplating revival of the Madras Aluminium Company (Malco) which closed shutters in December, 2008. Vedanta however ruled out the possibility of primary aluminium production in the plant. The firm says they are internally discussing the possibility of reopening the plant and utilizing the facility for making recycled aluminium. Malco used to be a major aluminium producer and its operations included mining, refining and smelting. Presently, all other operations are closed down and it is only used for power generation. During this crucial time of growth for the Indian aluminium industry where demand scenario is encouraging but production cost for primary aluminium is skyrocketing, it would be a concrete possibility to reopen the...
Aluminium beverage cans labelled with UPM Raflatac's VANISHTM film is fit for recycling, confirmed Novelis. The world's largest recycler of aluminium cans said the thin 23-micron VANISHTM label is ‘sufficiently light’ in order not to affect the quality of the secondary aluminium produced through recycling. UPM Raflatac's ultra-thin VANISHTM PET film allows for self-adhesive labelling on aluminium beverage cans, recycling of the used aluminium cans, and most importantly, the opportunity for global beverage brands to market their offerings in small batches cost-effectively. All these three functions were previously thought as inviable until UPM Raflatac came up with VANISHTM. Finland’s Saimaan Juomatehdas brewery is the first company in Europe to adopt VANISHTM by launching a craft beer in...
Residents of Ascot in the United Kingdom are being encouraged to participate in a novel recycling programme whereby they would be bringing in their used aluminium aerosol cans to the collection centres at the Maloney's Budgens supermarket on the High Street. The recycling programme named AEROCYCLE is aimed at enabling people to get rid of their used aluminium aerosol cans in a sustainable manner while raising fund for the Ascot Guides at the same time. Ascot Guides organizes special holiday trips every year. The fund raised will help them to plan their annual holiday pack for 2017. AEROCYCLE also aims to produce secondary aluminium from recycled aerosol containers with which build outdoor community gyms across the UK. The project is a collaboration between men's deodorant brand Right...
Trimet Aluminium, the renowned aluminium recycler and secondary aluminium producer from Essen, Germany announced that its sales of aluminium products has increased significantly in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. The company produced approximately 775,000 tons of aluminium and cast iron products in 2015-16, up five per cent from the same last year. The sales of the Group totalled at €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) and equity ratio at 60 per cent. This indicates at a ‘strong basis of action’ for the Group to steer ahead in the global aluminium business scenario. According to a Trimet media release, the company fully utilized the capacities of their refineries, aluminium smelters, and foundries. “The expansion of production capacity and plant modernization measures, in which the...
Nespresso airs its latest ad featuring its brand ambassador George Clooney and during the launch the firm has admitted that it sincerely needs to educate its “misinformed” consumers about recycling of the aluminium pods in order to make their consumers aware of the firm’s sustainability efforts. The popular coffee brand has recently been facing negative criticism regarding its single-serve aluminium pods, which have been allegedly creating unnecessary waste according to the environmental activists. Julie Gallacher, the head of marketing for Nespresso tells media that it has “strong ambitions” on sustainability, but a large number of consumers currently don’t understand that these coffee pods are recyclable. “We offer a recycling service, as our pods are made out of aluminium,” she says....
River Metals Recycling (RMR) of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was re-certified by the Indiana Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (INSHARP) for achieving excellence in workplace injury and illness prevention.There was zero OSHA-recordable injury in RMR facility for five consecutive years, a rare example set by any Indiana business. The Greensburg recycling company dealing in various metal scrap including scrap aluminium and used cars achieved the original INSHARP certification in August 2014. On achieving the re-certification, Indiana Department of Labor (IDOL) Commissioner Rick J. Ruble said, "River Metals Recycling maintains an excellent culture of occupational safety and health thanks to the hard work by their teammates... we are very impressed by what this company has...
According to a study by BOKU University, Europe can take specific measures to formalise the informal recycling of aluminium beverage cans. The findings were presented today at European Aluminium’s 2016 Packaging Seminar in Mallorca, Spain. The study was carried out by the Vienna-based Institute of Waste Management at BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. Considerable amounts of used beverage cans are collected by waste-pickers, particularly in South-Eastern European countries like Romania, Greece and Hungary. The study estimates that each individual informal collector amasses an average of 1.6 kg of used beverage cans per day. Mr Raphael Thevenin, Chair of European Aluminium’s Packaging Group said, “Formally counting cans that are already collected informally is an easy...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry, today released a call for entries for the 2017 Design for Recycling (DFR) Award. The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest award given annually to the most outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in mind. It recognizes proactive steps made by manufacturers who have actively incorporated DFR principles into products and processes. “When designing a product, manufacturers should be giving just as much of a priority to the product’s ability to be recycled as manufacturers do cost, appearance, and other factors,” said Robin Wiener, president of ISRI. “Effective recycling begins at the drawing board. Through the Design for Recycling Award, ISRI is looking to reward companies, designers, and...
According to Aluminum Association report, U.S. received a total of 62.1 million pounds of new can stock (class) scrap receipts during August 2016, which records an increase of 7.3 per cent over 57.8 million pounds in August 2015. Month wise, class scrap receipts saw an increase of 7.0 per cent over a total of 58.0 million pounds in July 2016. Class scrap receipts from January to August 2016 totalled 468.9 million pounds, which recorded a 2.5 per cent increase over the 2015 YTD total of 457.4 million pounds.
People are being encouraged to make a special effort to go green this week as Recycling Week 2016 gets underway from September 12-18 at Derry City, Ireland . They are being asked to think outside the box when it comes to the items we throw away, and look at alternative materials which could contribute to a more environmentally friendly home. Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Alderman Hilary McClintock, urged people to become more aware of ‘The Unusual Suspects’ when it comes to recycling. “While we are all getting better at recycling and becoming more environmentally aware, Recycling Week is the perfect opportunity for us to review our practices and find out more about new ways to improve our recycling habits. “I was surprised when I read the list of additional items...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry, is once again hosting its annual Commodities Roundtable Forum, September 19 to 21, 2016, in Chicago. The once a year event is a must-attend for all involved in the trade of scrap commodities, from processors to brokers to buyers. It provides the most comprehensive view of what is happening across a wide range of recycled commodities including ferrous and nonferrous metals, plastics, and the key trends impacting the $106 billion scrap recycling industry. The feature event this year will be the Roundtable on the World Markets. This broad-ranging discussion on the global commodity markets will include speakers offering expert opinions on global market developments. “With the amount of uncertainty...
