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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Aluminium producer Hulamin is taking a serious stab at securing a substantial slice of its raw material needs from recycling. This could be a game changer for cost-efficient supply arrangements. Hulamin is working hard to change market perceptions that its beneficiation model is not competitive in...
Hit hard by the recent levies of import duty on scrap, around 4,500 metal recycling units are facing closure due to cheaper import from Asian countries; worse is in store with the process of signing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with these countries. There is now a tariff of 2.5 to five per cent on...
Russian AK5M2 aluminum prices have stayed supported at $2,000/mt for the past six months, as slowing car sales have led to fewer cars getting dismantled, generating less scrap supplies, Japanese market sources said Tuesday. This week, AK5M2 -- melted aluminum scrap used as ADC12 aluminum alloy...
Of all the people visiting “Bandos Recycling & Shredding”, there’s one woman who’s known by her first name. 83-year-old Ruth Hana visits there regularly. She has friends help her deposit cans for cash as she recycles hundreds of aluminum containers once holding soda or beer. Bandos gives her more...
Bedford Borough Council in an effort to be more environmentally friendly is campaigning for residents to recycle all aluminium screw tops that come with glass bottles. This is designed to increase the recycling of aluminium screw tops and collars. The council hopes that this campaign will encourage...
Carlsberg has become the first brewer invest in national aluminium packaging recycling campaign 'Every Can Counts' which encourages on-the-go recycling at outdoor events across the UK. The campaign is led by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) and Carlsberg UK will become one of...
A steel-railings manufacturer and a scrap-metal dealer have joined to sue Goldman Sachs Group, adding to the Wall Street firm's legal headaches stemming from allegations it manipulated the aluminium market. Viva Railings and Regal Recycling accused Goldman and two subsidiaries of hoarding aluminium...
Novelis is spending $200 million on its rolled-aluminum plant in Oswego, NY, so the company can quadruple its output for the automotive industry and permit several new all-aluminium vehicles to be built in North America. Novelis had been selling aluminum for hoods, liftgates and some roofs for...
Oetinger's French subsidiary, Affinage de Lorraine, located at Gorcy, also applied for insolvency July 30, legal firm Kebekus and Zimmermann, which is acting as temporary insolvency administrators for Oetinger, told Platts in an email this week. Affinage, which produces about 50,000 mt/year of...
The Northern Territory government has reinstated its cash for containers program despite losing a Federal Court challenge on the issue earlier this year. The Territory introduced a 10c refund on cans and bottles last year, but was taken to court by Coca-Cola Amatil, Schweppes Australia and Lion Pty...
Embodied by its sustainable business philosophy, Dubai Aluminium (" DUBAL ") - which owns and operates the world's largest single-site smelter using pre-bake anode technology - endeavours to remain economically robust while protecting the environment and contributing to society. This ambition is...
Metal recycling campaign, MetalMatters, has launched a ‘major’ communications campaign in Bedford to encourage local residents to recycle more metal packaging. The eight-week campaign, run in partnership with Bedford Borough Council and managed by the Aluminium Packaging and Recycling Organisation...
The implementation of a new method of recycling will make it easier for the people of Union County to recycle while saving the county as much as $50,000 a year. Public Works Director John Gibson announced that the county will implement “comingle or single stream recycling” at its recycling...
Aluminum recycling has become a successful business since its inception a century ago. Nearly a third of the aluminum produced in the United States is made from aluminum scraps that have been recycled in a process—usually remelting—that uses only 5 to 10 percent of the energy it takes to extract...
United Kingdom: The UK's Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has launched a new campaign entitled 'You can leave your cap on' in a bid to increase the recovery of aluminium caps and closures for recycling. Recent research by Alupro has revealed that approximately 5000 tonnes of...
Aluminium rolling and recycling Novelis has launched Greenbiz Camp, a recycling education programme for elementary children in South Korea. The camp will be held from July 24 to 26 in Andong, North Kyongsang Province, near Novelis' Yeongju plant. The company aims to extend its sustainable business...
Prices for mill-grade aluminum scrap strengthened across the board July 22, with secondary tags moving largely in response to recent upticks on the London Metal Exchange, according to market sources. Prices for 5052 segregated low-copper alloy clips increased to 86 to 88 cents per pound from 84 to...
Spanish aluminum alloy producer and waste recycler Befesa has been sold for Eur331 million by its parent company, Abengoa, to investment funds run by Triton Partners, according to a statement issued Monday. After net debt adjustments, the total equity to Abengoa was Eur620 million, the company...
