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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Spot offers of aluminum alloy in Europe have pushed higher this week as rumors of additional insolvencies continued to circulate in the market. Prices for commodity grade standard 226 aluminum alloy have risen by around Eur80-100/mt ($105-131/mt) in Germany, Europe's key market, since news that a...
Traditional tin-plated steel beverage cans will steadily be replaced by more economical and eco-friendly aluminium cans. "Aluminium is already the preferred medium for beverage cans internationally. Globally, 85% of all beverage cans are made from this material," says Erik Smuts, managing director...
Chinese aluminum scrap had the largest decline on Monday, July 15, dropping 5.4 percent. The Chinese aluminum cash price saw a 0.4 percent decline. Chinese aluminum billet fell 0.3 percent on Monday. The price of Chinese aluminum bar was unchanged. The Indian aluminum cash price declined 1.4...
Prices for mill-grade aluminum scrap weakened across the board July 15, with sources saying that tepid market activity coupled with weakening exchange prices were having negative effects on the secondary market. Prices for 5052 segregated low-copper alloy clips fell to 84 to 86 cents per pound from...
A major communications drive to spread awareness of recycling aluminium and steel in Kent has seen a 100% return in investment in five months, organisers say. The £128,000 (21p per household) MetalMatters campaign which ran from October to December 2012 (see letsrecycle.com story) has seen a 9%...
The gloss has come off the secondary aluminium markets in the UK and Europe this year, and we are now beginning to see the cracks that have been forecast since producers started struggling for an adequate margin last year. During its daily conversations with market participants, Metal Bulletin has...
This stewardship goes hand in hand with Northwest Sign Recycling’s present day to day operations and future goals. When you consider the impact production of new aluminum has on our environment, you will see how Northwest Sign Recycling is part of the solution for sustainability. Environmental...
Spot demand for secondary aluminum in Europe was seasonably low this week as inquiries slowed ahead of the summer vacations and manufacturing turnarounds. Prices in Europe have firmed slightly, consolidating the move higher after a major German alloy producer, Oetinger, filed for insolvency June...
A project that reduces reliance on natural resources by recycling the aluminium used in overhead power lines has been awarded the top prize in the National Grid supplier design competition. The winning entry, submitted by Bahraini manufacturer Midal Cables?, will enable National Grid to reduce the...
Twenty workers will lose their jobs when an aluminum maker shuts down its Hammond plant at the end of the month. Ohio-based Aleris International notified employees Monday they would be out of work in August, because it is closing its 34-year-old aluminum recycling facility at 6340 Indianapolis...
Bob Johnson started collecting cans more than 30 years ago. What started as a way to help ease the burden of his grandsons' college tuition, turned into a hobby and even earned him the nickname "The Can Man" at the Deerfield Gables, where he lives. The long-time New Richmond, Wis. resident said he...
Aleris Aluminum Recycling Elyria Operations announced that it will be streamlining aluminum operations by moving production from Hammond, Indiana to Elyria. Jason Saragian, director of communications, said that the move will bring 10 to 15 jobs to Elyria. Production will be stopped at the Indiana...
A new recycling communications initiative for local authorities has been launched, in an attempt to increase the recovery of aluminium caps and closures for recycling. Launched by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), in partnership with British Glass and the European Aluminium...
The week’s biggest mover on the weekly Aluminum MMI® was the price of Chinese aluminum scrap, which saw a 4.8 percent increase. This comes on the heels of a 7.3 percent decline the week prior. The price of Chinese aluminum billet rose 0.7 percent after falling 2.0 percent during the previous week....
The trend to market craft beer in cans has not escaped the attention of Alcoa Inc., one of the world’s leading producers of aluminum sheet used in beverage cans. Alcoa, with aluminum recycling and manufacturing facilities in Blount County, is actively trying to promote the use of such cans, Allison...
On Tuesday, after three changeless days, the price of Chinese aluminum scrap closed higher. The cash price of Chinese aluminum rose by 0.6 percent. For the fifth consecutive day, the price of Chinese aluminum bar held flat. The price of Chinese aluminum billet remained steady. On the LME, the cash...
The aluminum smelter Oetinger, one of the largest buyers of aluminum scrap, has filed for insolvency at the district court in Neu-Ulm on Tuesday. Frank Kebekus of the Düsseldorf law firm Kebekus et Zimmermann has been appointed as the preliminary insolvency administrator. The company ran into...
Bosses at a company that recycles dross from the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter say they are investing hundreds of thousands of dollars on their plant because they are confident a deal between the smelter and Meridian Energy will be “sorted within a month”. However, Stewart Hamilton, acting general...
