
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 first commercial scale plant dedicated to recycling laminated plastics and aluminium packaging has entered the final stage of commissioning. The Alconbury facility has been built by Enval, a spin-off of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Enval’s business...

Brazil’s domestic aluminium scrap market continued to strengthen in October with most prices recording monthly rises, while all were up from levels a year earlier, according to a survey released by the Brazilian aluminium association, Abal. The most expensive class of secondary aluminium items in...

Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, announced today that it completed its second annual "One Novelis Volunteer Month." Throughout the month of October, more than 300 Novelis Europe employees in Germany, UK, France, Italy and Switzerland volunteered 2,000 hours as part of...

An effort to stop copper and aluminum thefts from buildings continues today when a City Council committee will discuss modifying the city's salvage legislation proposal to allow city residents up to three free permits. Councilman Eddie Colbert, D-7th Ward, hopes to pass legislation next month that...

UK secondary aluminium producers are preparing for a difficult scrap market in 2014, with tightness expected across international markets and no expectations of lower prices to come. “Scrap will be an issue next year – we’re trying to maintain sensible stock levels until the new year, but when we...

Scrap aluminium wheel prices have weakened in October, with several suppliers noting that consumers are reducing purchasing activities in an effort to normalise inventory levels. Free-market transaction prices for 356.1 wheels are between 82 and 84 cents per lb compared with 83 and 85 cents on...

At its fall board meeting earlier this month, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) approved a new policy supporting the ability of recyclers and refurbishers to unlock technological devices such as cell phones, tablets and other electronics, and return reusable electronics products to...

The Aluminum Material Council of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association has released a new white paper on aluminum’s sustainability, strength and efficiency, “Aluminum: The total Solution for Sustainable, Strong and Efficient Commercial Building Design.” “The overall goal of the AMC...

Zero Waste Scotland and Every Can Counts are funding a new six-month trial, which is taking five places and is part of Zero Waste Scotland’s work to ensure valuable materials can be recycled. From 1st January 2014, businesses in Scotland will be required to separate all of their waste – including...

Fort Myers police are searching for the suspects who broke into Garden Street Recycling early Friday morning. Police say the suspects entered the Metro Parkway compound and removed a white 53-foot trailer containing 38 bales of aluminum and two green steel boxes. The green containers are 72-inches...

The rate at which the U.S. recycled aluminum cans in 2012 hit a 20-year high, reflecting metal companies' stepped-up efforts in recent years to procure and process scrap. The U.S. recycled 62 billion cans, equivalent to 67% of the 92 billion cans produced that year, according to a report released...

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry, today released a call for entries for the 2014 Design for Recycling® (DFR) Award. The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest award given annually to the most outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in...

A fire at Aleris Aluminum Recycling was quickly extinguished due to the quick work of employees and the Elyria Fire Department, said Aleris spokeswoman Shannon Bennett. The fire, which began in a processing oven, was reported at 11:51 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters arrived about four minutes later,...

UK secondary aluminium prices were broadly stable on Wednesday October 23, while scrap moved into balance after dealers started offering more material to the market last week. LM6/LM25 gravity diecasting ingot edged down to £1,700-1,740 ($2,748-2,813) per tonne from £1,710-1,750 previously, but all...

Industry recycling of aluminum beverage containers in the United States continued its decade-long upward trend in 2012 with a rate of 67%, according to data released by the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI). This is the...

Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced significant progress in its commitment toward reducing its carbon footprint and delivering on key measures of sustainable business performance. The company published "Sustainability Through Disruptive Innovation," the...

Toyota Zambia has given aluminium scraps to Chazanga Aluminium Recycling Entrepreneurs (CRE) through the National Technology Business Council (NTBC). The firm at the weekend handed over the aluminium scrap worth K375, 000, which will go towards the project that was formed out of the International...

Communications are a fundamental part of a waste and recycling service for councils, according to Louise Bowe, head of community partnerships at WRAP(Watford Recycling Arts Project). The comments came in a presentation on behaviour change at the LARAC Conference and Awards, which took place in...