
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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Leading non-alcoholic beverage brand Coca Cola has pledged to recycle all used bottles and aluminium cans the company sells and will be selling by 2030. As a part of their new packaging vision, the fizzy-drink maker will also shift to recyclable packaging globally. The “massive global ambition” is...

The Aluminium Association of India has sought an increase in import duty on aluminium scrap. The industry body approached the Centre seeking a hike from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent. It has also demanded a hike in import duty on primary aluminium from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent. Before Budget 2017,...

According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding cross-border trade) totalled 745 million pounds in November 2017, up 3.2 per cent over the November 2016 total of 722 million pounds. Data shows the...

The Sas Al Nakhl campus of the UAE’s Khalifa University of Science and Technology recently got their aluminium recycling project featured in the Universities Innovation Zone at the 5th edition of EcoWASTE that is part of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018, being held in Abu Dhabi from...

AlCircle has added a new exclusive report - a sector focus to its portfolio- “Aluminium Dross Processing: A Global Review.” The first report of 2018 from the Virtual Aluminium Platform promises to provide a deep insight into the world aluminium dross processing industry that is expected to grow...

Poland’s imports of commodities have decreased at an annualized rate of -0.503%, from US$ 210 billion in 2011 to US$186 billion in 2016 during the last five years. Aluminium scrap accounts for 1.5% of total imports of the country. A three-year data snapshot shows a downward aluminium scrap import...

According to an SMM report, aluminium scrap supply would stay tight in 2018 as environmental protection policies weigh in further in the coming year. SMM believes supply tightness would be mostly felt around Chinese New Year and the fourth quarter when demand is at its peak. Secondary aluminium...

Aluminium scrap is a significant resource to be used as raw material to produce secondary aluminium and subsequently new aluminium products. According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), scrap aluminium is the 303rd most traded product and the 820th most complex product. Norway’s import of...

With the holiday season coming to an end, civic authorities across the Americas and the Caribbean have stepped in to clean the litters generated over the last few weeks. The objective is to collect and recycle all the recyclable waste such as aluminium beverage cans and aluminium foil and reduce...

According to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 367 thousand tonnes of aluminium scrap during October 2017, slightly off from the October 2016 total of 735 million. USGS estimates that...

Major aluminium scrap commodity prices in India edged higher on Wednesday as spot market witnessed a sudden uptick in demand. The prices of aluminium wire scrap rose from INR 147 per kg to INR 150 per kg, and that of aluminium utensils scrap from INR 122-126 per kg to INR 148 per kg on December 27....

“Circular economy” is a sustainability goal being sought by E.U. institutions and member states in regard to end of life recycling of materials. The topic has been in the discussion phase among European institutions and member states for two years as the European Commission presented a revised...

China’s import of aluminium scrap increased 13.23 per cent year-on year to 1.96 million tonnes during the first eleven months of 2017. Aluminium scrap imports stood at 196,581 tonnes in November. The US and Hong Kong were the top exporters of aluminium scrap to China. In November, the US and Hong...

Aluminum "pull tabs" from soda cans can be easily recycled and the fund collected from that can be used for various charity works. At Russellville, proceeds from soda can tab recycling are being used to help many children who are sick and in need of care at Shriners Hospitals. Those aluminium "pull...

Austria imported US$157.6 billion worth of goods in 2016. 84 per cent of the total import value was bought from other European countries. Austria’s aluminium scrap, a significant resource to be used as raw material to produce secondary aluminium and subsequently new aluminium products, accounts for...

A team of researchers at the University of York has developed a novel solution for capturing atmospheric, undesirable carbon dioxide using sea water from Whitby in North Yorkshire and aluminium scrap. The technology could help capture 850 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas responsible for global...

The import of aluminium scrap covered by ISRI code Tablet: Tabloid, Taboo, Taint/Tabor, Take, Talap, Talcred, Taldack, Taldon, and TA- by India totalled 540,242.44 kilogram during April-September 2017. The value of import is estimated at US$940.91 million by the Export-Import Data Bank of India’s...

According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada in October up 31.9% to 748 million pounds in October 2017, up 31.9% over the October 2016 total of 568 million pounds. Including scrap, which accounted for roughly...