
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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Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Hilton Head Brewing Company today announced the launch of Hilton Head Brewing Company beer in aluminum cans, made from Novelis evercanTM – the world’s first and only certified high-recycled content aluminum can sheet. "Our customers...

The recently released 2014 Sustainability Report by Netherlands-based ARN indicates that the company achieved 96% recycling and recovery rate during the year. This comprises of 86.1% recycling and 9.9% energy recovery. It must be noted that the European region has set a target which requires 95% of...

The U.S. aluminum industry purchased1 an estimated 775 million pounds of aluminum scrap during March 2015, according to aluminum recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, up five-tenths of one percent over the March 2014 total of 771 million. USGS...

Ball Corp. has been designing aluminium aerosol cans with recycled aluminium for Henkel Beauty Care for quite some time. Recently, Ball Corp. and Henkel Beauty Care have introduced an even lighter-weight version of ReAl, the aerosol can used for Henkel's Fa beauty care brand. Ball Corporation's...

The board of directors for Cranford, New Jersey-based Metalico Inc., which operates scrap metal recycling facilities primarily in the eastern Great Lakes corridor, has agreed to sell the company to Total Merchant Ltd. for a total purchase price of approximately $87 million. According to a news...

The latest report released by the Aluminum Association in partnership with Can Manufacturers Institute for the year 2014 indicates that consumer recycling rate during the year touched 56.7%- the highest recorded rate since 1997. The report notes that cans are being recycled at the highest rates due...

In recognition of its steadfast commitment to protecting the eco-system, Sohar Aluminium (SA) was honored by the Arab Organization for Social Responsibility for its environmental excellence during the recent Best Environmental Initiatives Awards held in the United Arab Emirates. The Arab...

United Kingdom-based Enval Limited has developed a technology which allows the recyclable foil to be extracted from laminate packaging like food and drink pouches, pet food pouches and toothpaste tubes. The firm's factory is now ready to undertake commercial waste recycling, and it has launched a...

The Coca Cola-Keep America Beautiful Recycling Bin Grant Program has awarded additional 5,300 recycling bins to promote convenient recycling among communities. The new bins allotted through the grant will serve communities in 41 states across the country. The Bin Grant Program will provide 3,662...

Huang Chung-Sheng, the chairman of Yechiu Metal Recycling (China), and wife have become a billionaire couple from a run-up in the stock price of their Shanghai-listed recycled aluminum company. Huang and Lin Sheng Chih own 47% of Yechiu Metal Recycling, a stake worth $1.1 billion at Wednesday’s...

Collect-a-Can urges all schools to take their eco-conscious spirit to the next level and enter the popular National Schools Competition that runs annually from 1 February to 31 October. Schools that have already entered are hard at work in collecting as many used cans as possible to stand a chance...

As the population of UAE grows, so does the waste generated by the Emirates, said experts from Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) on Tuesday. EAD has released a booklet named 'Sustainable Waste Management for Organisations' that highlights the benefits of reusing materials, reducing waste and...

Waste materials like thermocol, plastic carry bags below 50 microns and aluminium food packets will turn into handicrafts thanks to a pilot project taken up by eCoexist and Studio Alternatives as part of the 'Green Idea' scheme supported by the state government. eCoexist and Studio Alternatives...

Obligation data indicating the amount of packaging waste producers will have to recycle in 2015 has confirmed there could be a challenge in meeting demand for aluminium PRNs. The figures – which are subject to change as more producers submit market data – have been published by the Environment...

California’s recycling regulators are trying to put the lid on out-of-state fraud and have busted two accused illegal haulers in the last two months, officials say. Investigators with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery staked out a recycling center in Phoenix on May 12 and watched...

The North American Aluminum scrap prices declined on ScrapMonster Price Index as on May 27th, Wednesday. 1100 Scrap prices declined by $0.01 per Lb. The prices of 3003 Scrap too fell $0.01 per Lb. A down move of $0.01 per Lb was witnessed in 356 Aluminum Wheels and 6063 Extrusions/Fe. Meantime,...

The Japan-based manufacturing conglomerate Showa Denko (SDK), along with its various divisions, collected about 5.24 million used aluminum cans (UBCs) for recycling last year. SDK’s Showa Aluminum Can Corp., a subsidiary of Showa Denko, began its annual aluminum can recycling campaign more than 40...

The European Commission on May 28 launched a 12-week public consultation on the main policy options which it says will feed into the development of an “ambitious new approach” on the circular economy. According to the Commission, stakeholders’ views will be put towards the preparation of a revised...