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...
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<p>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...
<p>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...
<p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is consulting on new business packaging recycling targets for paper, wood, aluminium and steel for 2018-20. The department has published three options with each option indicating different degrees of ambition.<br /><br />According to...
<p>According to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 782 million pounds of aluminium scrap during September 2016. This is 5.5 per cent more than the September 2015 total of 741...
<p>According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, the global metal recycling market is estimated to be worth US$ 446,472 million, registering a compound annual growth rate of 4.5% during 2016-2022. Non-ferrous metals have by far, remained the fastest growing segment; by 2022 it is...
<p>The demonetisation of INR500 and INR1000 currency notes announced by the Government of India on 8 November 2016, which put an end to the usage of all INR500 and INR1000 banknotes as a form of legal tender from 9 November 2016, had a limited effect on the business of big aluminium players in the...
<p>Hertwich Engineering, a part of SMS group won a contract to supply compact <a title="Remelt plant for aluminium billets" href="http://www.alcircle.com/Hertwich/productdetail/141/melting" target="_blank">remelt plant for aluminium billets</a> to SuperAlloy Industrial CO. Ltd. (SAI), located in...
<p>According to Aluminum Association report, U.S. received a total of 53.1 million pounds of new can stock (class) scrap receipts during October 2016, which records a drop of 8 per cent over 57.7 million pounds in October 2015.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
<p>Robert McClymont, a man in Lochaber plans to start-up an aluminium recycling business amid ongoing uncertainty over the future of a local smelter. Lochaber, an area in the west of the Scottish Highlands used to be the operating location for Rio Tinto-owned Alcan aluminium smelter for 90 years....
<p>As presented during the 2016 CMRA (China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch) Annual Convention on 7-9 November in Guangzhou, China, recyclers in the United States, Japan and Europe are looking for domestic and export homes for scrap instead of sourcing them...
<p>The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, celebrates America Recycles Day today by applauding all individuals who make a strong effort to recycle as part of daily life, and encouraging all to learn more about recycling and the industry....
<p>Brazil, the Recycling Capital of the world, recycled 289,500 tonnes of aluminium beverage cans out of the 294,200 tonnes available in the market in 2014 - an all-time highest in the industry since 2001, reported the Brazilian Aluminium Association (ABAL) and the Brazilian Association of Highly...
<p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has positioned itself as a major hub for scrap metal recycling. However, despite that Saudi Arabia exports most of the scrap it generates.</p> <p>According to the recent estimate, in 2015, Saudi Arabia exported <strong>211,045</strong> tons of aluminium scrap...
<p>The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been a major exporter of primary aluminium production. Taking a shift from oil, the aluminium industry in the GCC (Gulf Corporation Council) has become a key driver of the economy. Interestingly, Middle East is one of the leading aluminium scrap...
<p>Aluminium is an extraordinary metal. Versatile in properties and usage, this metal can be recycled infinitely to recreate articles of enhanced value and beauty. Instances are aplenty whereby aluminium derived from scrap has been upcycled and the final output have found place in museums and art...
<p>The average recycling rate for aluminium closures in Europe has increased to more than 50%, according to figures released recently by the “Aluminium Closures – Turn 360°” campaign by the European Aluminium Foil Association. Much of this improvement is due to national...
<p>In order to do away with the criticism regarding its coffee pods adding to the environmental waste and to educate its customers regarding coffee capsule recycling, Nespresso has joined hands with New Zealand Post. The company hopes to create awareness about its recycling program and reach out to...
<p>According to the monthly aluminium recycling statistics from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 781 million pounds of aluminium scrap during August 2016. This records a five per cent increase from the August 2015 total of...
