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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Chinese aluminium scrap prices stayed stable on Scrap Register Price Index as on Wednesday, while aluminium futures prices at Shanghai Futures Exchange traded down. According to the Scrap Register Price Index, the major Chinese aluminium scrap commodities like 6063 10-10 extrusion, aluminium,...
A study undertaken by Cranfield University has found there are huge deposits of valuable metals in landfill sites. Scientists analysed samples from up to 30 metres deep from four different landfill sites. After removing large objects, the samples were analysed for the content of rare earth metals...
Aluminum cans are the most recycled and highest value beverage container on the market today, according to a new report released by the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). The aluminum can has the highest recycling rate of any beverage container and contains 70 percent...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, testified today before the United States Copyright Office, a department of the Library of Congress, in support of exempting recyclers who engage in bulk “unlocking” of mobile phones from liability. The...
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED), the trade body for the UK aluminium industry, has introduced drinks can recycling at its offices. The organisation is one of seven metals organisations based at the National Metalforming Centre in West Bromwich. Depositing the first cans into the new collection...
Recyclers who ship scrap metal to India were able to discuss breaking news, as that nation’s government released the newest version of its container inspection regimen while the industry was gathered at the 2015 Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) World Recycling Convention in Dubai, United...
When scrap recyclers gathered in Dubai for the 2009 World Recycling Convention in May of that year, the scrap market was in a several-months long trough but rebounded soon afterward. David Chiao, newly-elected president of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Non-Ferrous Division, expressed...
Metalico Inc. has reported a net loss of $10.9 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared to a net loss of $3.9 million for the same time last year and a loss of $6 million for the prior year. Metalico also has reported sales of $75.9 million, compared to $118.5 million for the first quarter...
Showa Denko and its Group companies continued to perform their aluminum can recycling activity in fiscal 2014 (April 2014 – March 2015), collecting approximately 5.24 million cans: equivalent to around 85 tons of aluminum when converted at the rate of 16.2 grams of aluminum per can. Showa Aluminum...
Queensland may be perfect one day and better then next but it is also Australia's worst litterer with a rubbish rate 40 per cent above the national average. To combat the problem, Environment Minister Dr Steven Miles has announced a review into the state's recycling system with a focus on...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today released a new Economic Impact Study revealing that the industry accounts for nearly half a million jobs in the U.S. and generates more than $105 billion annually in economic activity. The study was performed by the independent consulting...
Central Wisconsin scrap yards are seeing a dramatic drop in aluminum prices. An oversupply in the market is forcing them to lower the amount they can pay people recycling cans. Yaeger Auto Salvage in Weston is now offering 41 cents a pound, down from its usual 50 or 55 cents. The owner Jeff Yaeger...
The Scottish Government is planning to initiate a deposit scheme alongside packaging recovery note system in a bid to reduce waste and increase recycling. Research published by the Zero Waste Scotland carried out by waste consultancy Eunomia, suggests the scheme could be a beneficial one. Minister...
The North American Aluminum scrap prices declined on ScrapMonster Price Index as on May 19th, Tuesday. 1100 Scrap prices declined by $0.02 per Lb. The prices of 3003 Scrap too fell $0.02 per Lb. A down move of $0.02 per Lb was witnessed in 356 Aluminum Wheels and 6063 Extrusions/Fe. Meantime,...
Aluminum cans are the most recycled and highest value beverage container on the market today, according to a new report released by the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), and available at www.aluminum.org/CanAdvantage . The aluminum can has the highest recycling rate of any...
Recycling, trading and waste management company ALBA SE, Cologne, Germany, has reports first quarter earnings before taxes (EBT) of €8.7 million (US$7.651 million), a level more than four times higher than the €2.1 million (US$1.846 million) of earnings before tax the company reported the same time...
Investigators probing the lucrative cable and metal theft cartels in South Africa believe the illegal industry can be brought to its knees by increasing security at all ports of entry. The stolen metal snoops believe large amounts of scrap metal are being illegally exported without being offered to...
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, released new, independent data today highlighting the important role scrap commodities play in U.S. exports. According to a new study by the consulting firm John Dunham and Associates, coinciding with World...
