
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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Japan, where 97% of beverage can are collected to be recycled and reused, is seeing a surge in the scrap aluminium prices which are the highest it has been since 2008. This surge is likely to be due to the rising car sales in China and U.S. boost demand. Aluminium-can scrap prices traded in...

Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has developed a new protocol for aluminium packaging recovered from Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA). This protocol for recycling will allow issuing of PRNs on this material from 1st Jan 2015. This is acknowledged by the Environment Agency (EA) and it...

Recycling is becoming increasingly important to Trimet Aluminium SE as it is being converted into primary aluminium for further use. Since aluminium does not lose any of its properties upon recycling, it is the best metal to be used multiple times. Trimet aluminium already melts down 200,000 tons...

Novelis, the leading aluminium rolling and recycling company will receive more cans now thanks to two new aggregation centres. These centres, catering to the London and South East region, will be equipped with more options that ease the delivery of used cans to the centres. This expansion is a part...

Nespresso, which is the premium coffee brand of Nestlé, has announced its aim to achieve a 100 percent recycling of its aluminium capsules by expanding their recycling capacity. At present the capacity is at 75% where customers can order recycling bags when the order their coffee online as...

The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (ALUPRO) is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, and is using the milestone to take a reflective look at its many achievements, which have encouraged and increased the recycling of aluminium packaging in the UK. The not-for-profit organisation...

Two inventors from Madera, California have come up with a can crusher machine that will make disposing your aluminium and other metal beverage cans even easier. It has been seen that though people want to be involved in recycling, going back and forth the recycling center becomes tedious for most....

Pittsburgh-based aluminum major-Alcoa Inc. has recognized its top North American scrap suppliers for 2014. This is the tenth year in succession that Alcoa has named top suppliers. The list was compiled by the company’s recycling and scrap purchasing wing based on several criteria including quality,...

A&R Metal Recycling Company has released their financial results on Thursday for their three and six month tenure which ended on June 2014. According to the reports, this company, who offers waste management programs working with scrap metals and equipment as well as buying and processing ferrous...

The world’s first 100% recycled beverage can, could be soon underway. Novelis Inc. has partnered with the Marietta craft-beer manufacturer, the Red Hare Brewing Company, to bring beverage cans produced almost entirely out of recycled material. Novlis Inc., a multi-national aluminium manufacturer,...

Ye Chiu Metal Recycling (China) Ltd. reported a 92.15% year-on-year fall in net profits to 5.64 million yuan ($ 0.91 million) during the first six months of the year, it said in its semiannual financial report. The company attributed the slump in net profits to falling prices of copper , aluminum...

Australians discard 2000 tonnes of mobile phones every year. The average weight of a mobile phone is about 250g – that means four of them weigh a kilogram. There is a saturated market in Australia – virtually every phone is a replacement, which means for virtually every new phone bought, an old one...

Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced the commissioning of a new coating line for beverage can end stock and an expanded recycling center at its Pindamonhangaba (SP), Brazil complex. The company invested approximately $106 million in the combined projects that...

The dates for AluSolutions, the only event aimed at promoting sustainability in the aluminium industry, have been announced as 21st – 22nd October 2015 at the International Centre, Toronto. AluSolutions is the only event dedicated to sustainability in the aluminium industry and provides a platform...

For the second year in a row, the 2014 President’s BBQ was a Zero Waste event, with no waste delivered to the landfill. Thanks to the combined efforts of the SFU Sustainability Office, Facilities Services, Dining Services; Meetings, Events and Conference Services and Human Resources, all 100 lbs....

Solid Operating Performance in Q1 Begins Year on a Strong Note - Q1 Net Income Increased 150% versus Prior Year to $35 Million - Q1 Adjusted EBITDA Increased 15% versus Prior Year to $235 Million - Q1 Sales Increased 12% versus Prior Year to $2.7 Billion - Q1 Shipments Increased 9% versus Prior...

Sohar Battery Collection and Sohar University organised a workshop for 40 teachers from government schools of Sohar and Liwa to mark World Environment Day. Education and awareness are important tools to bring in a culture of ‘reduce, reuse, repair and recycle’ among the Omani public and schools are...

Andritz MeWa, part of the Germany-based Andritz Group, has completed a recycling plant for electrical and electronic scrap and refrigerators in the town of Karcag in eastern Hungary. The plant is the start of the new Eco-Center being set up in Karcag intended to strengthen the region’s economy with...