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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Futures: The aluminium alloy 2603 contract opened at RMB 22,985 per tonne on Friday night, retreated after rapid rise, rose to a high of RMB 23,300 per tonne after opening, then pulled back to a low of RMB 22,945 per tonne and fluctuated rangebound, finally closed at RMB 23,035 per tonne, up 0.22...
The Juda Zion Community Church Youth Group has reportedly collected about 5,000 pounds of aluminium cans and raised more than USD 1,800 in 2025, turning routine recycling into a quantifiable social impact. To know about 2026 aluminium recycling market, prebook our report: Global Aluminium Industry...
Paragon Union Bhd made a partnership with Asahi Seiren Co., Ltd., which is the largest secondary aluminium producer in Japan. This partnership is all about grabbing the growth opportunities in the booming global recycled aluminium market, which is currently valued at over USD 160 billion. The...
Futures: The AD2603 contract for cast aluminium alloy surged to 23,480 before pulling back. On the 4-hour chart, it opened at 23,050, reached a high of 23,050, and a low of 22,560, closing at 22,965, down 70 points (-0.30 per cent) from the previous close. Prices showed signs of a pullback from...
Europe’s drive to build a circular aluminium economy is at risk of backfiring, as large volumes of scrap collected across the bloc are being bought up by overseas players, processed into new metal, and sold back into the EU market, according to the world’s largest aluminium recycler, Novelis....
Image source: EGA Emirates Global Aluminium is strengthening its role in Europe’s aluminium value chain, announcing a major expansion of its German subsidiary, EGA Leichtmetall, that will transform the site into one of the world’s most advanced recycling hubs. The company is positioning the project...
Futures: Due to the New Year holiday, the SHFE aluminium night session did not trade on the last day before the holiday. Before the holiday, the SHFE aluminium daytime session closed at RMB 22,925 per tonne, with prices holding above all key moving averages (MA5 22,918, MA60 22,921.33), showing a...
Futures: The night session closed at RMB 22,615 per tonne, up 0.87 per cent. The price was slightly below the MA5 (22,629) but remained above all key moving averages. The MA5 to MA60 (22,622.25) were highly convergent, indicating a strong consolidation pattern. The MACD lines were above the zero...
In 2025, the global aluminium landscape seized moments with factors like scrap availability, recycling efforts and sustainability goals increasingly influencing trade patterns, pricing trends and strategies in the industry. The industry witnessed changes in scrap trade dynamics, a robust secondary...
The global aluminium industry in 2025 entered into a new era where carbon metrics are becoming just as important as cost and quality of the product. With new pricing benchmarks for low-emission products and the increasing impact of regulations like the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism...
Futures: On Friday night, the most-traded cast aluminium alloy contract 2602 opened at RMB 21,310 per tonne, dipped to a low of RMB 21,205 per tonne during the session, then fluctuated upward, hitting a high of RMB 21,580 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 21,545 per tonne, up RMB 155 per tonne...
The global aluminium recycling market entered 2025 with record material recovery but shrinking mobility of scrap. While worldwide secondary aluminium consumption touched 28.4 million tonnes as compared to primary consumption of 72.4 million tonnes in 2024, global recycled aluminium production...
China's imports of aluminum scrap during January-November this year totalled 1.8 million tonnes, higher by a significant 12.2 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data released by the country's General Administration of Customs (GACC). In November alone, China's...
Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy 2601 futures contract opened at RMB 21,300 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 21,395 per tonne, touched a low of RMB 21,105 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 21,190 per tonne, down RMB 45 per tonne. Trading volume was 14,228, a decrease of 8,550...
Global aluminium scrap trade volumes, including intra-European trade, increased by 3 per cent y-o-y in the first ten months of 2025 (10MCY'25). India remained the key demand driver, increasing its imports by 15 per cent to 1.65 mnt, especially from the EU, UK, and Middle East. Total exports in...
Futures: In the night session on December 23, the SHFE aluminium 2602 contract opened at RMB 22,290 per tonne, reached a high of RMB 22,305 per tonne, a low of RMB 22,055 per tonne, and closed at RMB 22,160 per tonne, down 0.16per cent. Trading volume was 164,000 lots, and open interest was 292,000...
2025 has been the year when major industries, especially the global aluminium industry, have been more proactive towards either starting new aluminium recycling projects or restarting the existing ones. Since the year is about to end, now is the right time to have a look at the key projects...
Brazil’s aluminium can industry is deeply interwined with the country’s economy and lifestyle, and this is not any recent development but the outcome of consistent, decades-long journey that began in 1989 with Latasa’s first factory in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais. Since then, there is no looking...
