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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The aluminum beverage can industry raised $133,695 for local charities by recycling 178,099 pounds of cans, which equates to more than 5.7 million beverage cans, for the Can Manufacturers Institute's (CMI) Great American Can RoundUp Industry Challenge. Ball Corp. came in first place in the annual...
The Emirates Environmental Group yesterday collected 6,023 kilograms of aluminium cans, reaching a total amount collected this year to 23,123kg. The target set for this year is 25,000kgs. An organiser pointed out yesterday that the opportunity is not lost for those who would still like to...
In honor of America Recycles Day, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), applauded all individuals who make a strong effort to recycle as part of daily life, and encouraged all to learn more about recycling and the industry. ISRI, which serves as the voice of the recycling industryTM,...
Secondary aluminium ingot prices dropped in Europe on Friday November 15, as market participants reported dwindling numbers into the year end. Metal Bulletin’s quotation for DIN226 pressure diecasting ingot moved down to €1,720-1,780 ($2,315.45-2,396.22) per tonne, from €1,740-1,800 previously....
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and Earth911, a subsidiary of Quest Resource Holding Corporation, announced today the formation of a partnership designed to educate the public about the importance of recycling and living a lower-waste lifestyle. The strategic partnership brings...
Lawrence-area residents can celebrate America Recycles Day on Friday with a can-collection event and an event featuring a paneled discussion and documentary showing. Cans for the Community, a Douglas County nonprofit, will host a citywide can collection. On Friday, aluminum beverage cans can be...
The Recycling Research Foundation (RRF), a nonprofit organization closely associated with the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), today announced Aaron Greenfield as the recipient of its 2013 National Scholarship. Recognizing the need for affordable graduate education, the scholarship...
It’s one thing to make a product using aluminium or plastic recycled at a plant. But recycling cans into chairs — on the same street they were found — is something else. That’s exactly what the resourceful designers at Studio Swine did on a recent trip to São Paulo. The London-based designers call...
Japan’s exports of aluminum scrap are headed for a record this year as a weaker yen and higher recycling capacity in South Korea boost shipments, according to Mitsui Bussan Metals Co. “This year’s exports will be a record if the yen and aluminum prices remain stable,” said Shigeyuki Fukushima,...
The recycling rate for aluminum cans in the US is a mere 55%. That's below the global average of about 70% and well below rates of better than 90% than Scandinavian countries can boast – or Brazil's 98% recycling rate. The low US rate represents an enormous waste of materials and energy – and a big...
Brazil recycled 97.9% of all aluminium cans consumed in the country in 2012, making it the top can recycler in the world for the 11th year in a row. Figures from the country’s aluminium association (Abal) and high-recyclability can producers association (Abralatas) show that about 267,100 tonnes of...
Japan's scrap aluminum prices have risen by 5-8% from a month ago due to tightening supply, local trade sources said Tuesday. Prices for telik, used by secondary aluminum alloy smelters, were heard in the range of Yen 135-140/kg ($1,380-1,430/mt) ex-yard this week, up Yen 5-8/kg from a month ago,...
Secondary aluminium production and the downstream industry in the Middle East are being limited by large-scale export of aluminium scrap, a result of relatively low downstream activity, according to delegates at Metal Bulletin’s 21st recycled aluminium conference in Dubai. “Major recyclers [in the...
The European Commission has approved funding of €40m (£34m) for 14 new research projects to improve resource efficiency in the EU economy. The projects include reusing discarded automobile tyres, recovering key elements from batteries, producing green fertiliser from animal waste and generating...
Europe needs to add 600,000 tpy of aluminium recycling capacity by 2020, Norsk Hydro head of recycling Roland Scharf-Bergmann said. Speaking at Metal Bulletin’s 21st recycled aluminium conference in Dubai, he said that, as the level of primary aluminium production in Europe falls as a result of the...
Prices for secondary aluminium alloys held steady in the USA this past week as producers said limited supply coupled with robust demand from the automotive sector was supporting the lower end of the market. Producers noted that several smelters were either in the process of bringing furnaces back...
“The world does not need scrap contracts,” proclaimed the London Metal Exchange’s former Chief Executive Officer Martin Abbott in his address to the latest BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division meeting, held in Warsaw on 29 October 2013. Mr Abbott was in Warsaw to receive the BIR Certificate of Merit for...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, announced today the commissioning of its expanded recycling plant in Latchford, Warrington in the UK. With an investment of approximately € 13.6 million (£6 million), the plant’s capacity will increase by over a third and becomes...
