Nespresso is expanding its aluminium coffee capsule recycling network across New Zealand, adding 25 JB Hi-Fi stores as collection points and bringing the total number of participating retail locations to 138. The move gives coffee drinkers more places to return used capsules, helping make recycling a little easier after that final, satisfying sip. The new collection points join existing locations at Briscoes and Noel Leeming stores. The expansion also complements other return options available through Nespresso, including its boutiques, public collection points, NZ Post drop-off locations and courier collections from customers’ homes. The aim is to make returning used capsules more convenient, recognising that a single collection method will not work for everyone. For those who enjoy...
Europe’s recycled aluminium industry is an important component of the global secondary aluminium supply chain, with Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom (UK) representing key national markets. Production across the European region stood at nearly 6 million tonnes in 2023, supported by established scrap recovery systems, industrial recycling capacity and demand for recycled metal. Russia also contributes to the regional landscape through secondary aluminium production units concentrated in several industrial centres. According to AL Circle’s analysis in its report, “ World Recycled ALuminium Market Analysis Industry Forecast ”, the four countries present different market structures, from Germany’s substantial recycling capacity and Italy’s scrap-based production to the UK’s organised...
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According to the data from China Custom that from Jan. to Mar. China has imported 570 thousand tons of aluminum scrap increased 2.5% yoy. The aluminum price ratio between domestic and foreign was still went down since the beginning of this year which leaded to the rising of import cost, thus restrained aluminum scrap import volume. More over, the demand of aluminum scrap increased in domestic casting aluminum industry caused tension aluminum sracp supply inland. It is expected that this situation will lasts till April with the recovery of enterprises fund chain and customs clearance speed.
Shares in Yechiu Metal Recycling (China), an aluminum products and scrap company with operations in China, the U.S. and Malaysia, soared by 14% in early trading today as it joined the growing ranks of Taiwan-controlled businesses listed at mainland bourses. Yechiu sold 105 million new shares at 13 yuan, or $2.06, each in an initial public offering earlier this month. Yechiu’s customers include Toyota, Philips, Bosch and Delphi. Sales last year totaled 5.4 billion yuan, or $857 million, an increase of 47% from a year earlier. Net profit totaled 305 million yuan, or $48 million, up 11%. Chairman Huang Chung-sheng and his wife, both Taiwan nationals, own a 55% stake that was worth $463 million at the start of trade today. Yechiu is one of up to eight Taiwan-controlled companies the may list...
The benefits of environmental awareness starting at home may well surpass consumers' expectations, writes Anna-Marie Smith THE notion of & reduce, re-use and recycle& is well supported by an increasing number of industry professionals, organisations and associations sharing the common goal of sustainability. However, the actions of consumers, both in business and households, in terms of their environmental performance was seen when 15 African cities were rated at the end of 2011 in the African Green Cities Index. Conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored and published by Siemens, rankings were spread across eight different categories. The index included Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria and were measured in eight categories - energy and C02, land use, transport,...
The best way to make money recycling aluminum cans is to rinse them, flatten them and save them in your garage until Earth Day, when certain area metal recyclers pay extra for them to honor the designated day for protecting the environment. Earth Day, started 42 years ago, is celebrated by people who believe in saving energy by reducing, reusing and recycling materials that would otherwise take more energy to replace. The prices recyclers are paying this Earth Day range from 55 cents to 75 cents per pound, although the going value of baled aluminum (after shipping) is 75 cents per pound. With April 22, Earth Day, falling on a Sunday this year, recyclers are observing it days before or the day after, noted here: CMC Recycling: 1804 N. 166th East Ave., 918-437-5377 - 75 cents per pound,...
Ball Corporation [NYSE: BLL] announced today a metal technology breakthrough that enables the use of recycled aluminum in the manufacture of extruded aluminum packaging for aerosols. The resulting new metal alloy exhibits increased strength and allows lightweighting of the container without affecting package integrity. Ball's technology breakthrough will allow the company to lightweight its extruded aluminum aerosol packaging by as much as 10 percent, with further lightweighting expected in the future.
Aluminium recycling firm Novelis has resumed purchasing cans on the spot market after temporarily stopping earlier this year. The company had placed restrictions on can purchases for its 130,000 tonne capacity plant in Warrington during the early months of 2012. The move was prompted by a low demand for aluminium sheet, coupled with an excess supply of post consumer cans in late 2011. Cans from contracted suppliers continued to be accepted. Cans are now being traded at Novelis' Warrington plant after low demand had caused the firm to impose a temporary restriction on purchasing. Mr Andy Doran Novelis’ national recycling manager who has recently been promoted to an as yet unnamed role within the company, confirmed that the temporary restriction had been in place. But he revealed that as of...
Matt Aboud, vice president and managing director of Hydro's Metal Markets business in the U.S., will join the Board of Directors of the Aluminum Association, an organization that works globally to promote aluminium as a sustainable and recyclable material. “I think there still is a lot of potential in promoting aluminium as the metal of the future, and I’m very much looking forward to taking on this challenge,” says Aboud, who already holds the position of chairman of the Aluminum Association’s Statistical and Market Research Committee.The Aluminum Association, based in Arlington, Virginia, works globally to promote aluminium as the most sustainable and recyclable automotive, packaging and construction material in today's market. The Association represents U.S. and foreign-based primary...
Aluminum product developer Constellium wants to increase the percentage of recycled metal it produces for aerospace in a bid to realize both economic and environmental goals. The value of such alloys has grown with the addition of elements such as copper, silver and—critically—lithium. One kilogram (2.2 pounds) of aluminum costs about $2, while one kilogram of lithium—the lightest metal in nature—costs $100. Despite the small amount of lithium present in an aluminum-lithium alloy (about 2 percent), alloy prices rise easily—hence, the need to avoid scrapping turnings, for example. “Last year, 77 percent of the aluminum alloys we produced for aerospace applications came from recycling,” Constellium director of technology and innovation Bruno Chenal said during a recent visit by AIN to the...
It will be Evanston’s sixth year participating in the Cans for Cash City Recycling Challenge, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl announced Friday. Tisdahl also dubbed April “Evanston CAN Recycle!” month. The purpose of the national program is to promote recycling aluminum cans. The structure of the contest is simple: Residents continue recycling aluminum cans as usual, and at the end of the month, the city will tally the total number of cans received. “People just continue doing the great job that we’re doing recycling,” said Jim Maiworm, Evanston’s superintendent of streets and sanitation. Cities can win cash prizes for having the most cans collected in relation to population or having the most innovative and creative ideas. In each category, the first place city earns $25,000, the second place...
Norway: Following a decade of study and the invention of a specialised piece of equipment, the Norwegian Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF) is close to the moment of truth for a recycling method for impure aluminium. At the centre of its work is a four-metre-long piece of equipment containing 40 heating elements which offers a new type of refining procedure. Molten contaminated aluminium is poured into the top of this custom-built apparatus and then passes through a horizontal channel. Meanwhile, a graphite-based rotating screw balances the solidified crystals, thus forcing the pure aluminium upwards to the hottest point, whereas the impurities remain in the cooler portion. As a result, pure aluminium is allowed to exit the machine’s two outlets. One of the SINTEF...
New research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has shown that while aluminium has long been the poster child of recycling, problems may arise unless measures are taken to reduce impurities that can build up as aluminium is recycled over and over again. According to the Institute, about half of all aluminium used in the U.S. is now recycled, with clear and dramatic benefits. For example, weight for weight, it takes anywhere from nine to 18 times as much energy to produce aluminium from raw ore as from recycled material. Because it saves so much energy - and therefore money - aluminium recycling has continued to expand. However, new MIT analysis finds that this expansion could run into problems unless measures are taken to reduce impurities that can build up as aluminium is...
In a national recycling campaign, school children across Norway have collected 11 million used tea light cups made of aluminium. The campaign has been started by WWF in collaboration with IKEA and Hydro and they invited first to fourth grade students from throughout the country to collect the largest number of aluminium tea light cups for recycling. In October 2011, the Tea Light campaign was started and over 23,000 students have participated in this program. The program ended on March 31, 2012 and the results were quite remarkable. Aluminium is a material which can be recycled repeatedly without changing its weight, strength, and formability. It is projected that 75% of all aluminium manufactured long back is still being used. Additionally, producing aluminium from used metal needs only...
Allentown is among several cities across the country competing in a contest for recycling aluminum can beverages. The winning city could receive up to $50,000 from the U.S. Conference of Mayors through the Cans for Cash Challenge, according to the city. "We have a fantastic recycling program in the city; it is evidenced by the size of the grants we receive on an annual basis and by a number of awards," said Mayor Ed Pawlowski. "This is our opportunity to show the rest of the country." The four-week challenge runs from April 1 through April 28, and the city can win in two categories: most cans collected and most innovative idea. For the second category, the city is asking individuals, organizations, churches and students to help by coming up with a slogan, YouTube video, public service...
"Most of our ingots are destined to the export trade: The German automotive companies buy aluminium and use it for their auto components. Recycling is an industrial and manufacturing process both downstream - recovery, sorting and processing at the foundries where new material is produced - and upstream, since the turnover in the aluminium packaging sector and of the companies producing rolled products used, for example, to make cans is equal to € 12 billions", explains Gino Schiona, Cial's general manager. "The sector boom in 2010 was due to the fact that in 2009 the value of primary aluminium, that is scrap, dropped to $1,300/ton and scrap dealers waited the year after to sell it off when the quotations had gone up again at $2,270/ton. The recycling data depend on the consumption trend...
WWF and IKEA, in cooperation with Hydro, invited students from first to fourth grade across the country to gather the greatest number of the aluminium tea light cups. The campaign started in October 2011 and ends Saturday, March 31. The results are impressive. "The level of environmental engagement among the students has surpassed all of our expectations," Nina Jensen, the secretary general of WWF in Norway. More than 23,000 students representing 1,212 classes have collected - and counted - 11 million used tea light cups. Adds Nina Schefte, head of sustainability for IKEA in Norway: "Every week we hear from teachers who tell us about their students' environmental engagement and spirit." The group that manages to collect the greatest number of cups wins a class trip to Hydro's aluminium...
Novelis bills itself as the world's largest producer of rolled aluminum and the leader in beverage can recycling. It employs 11,000 people in 11 countries, and its customers include big names such as Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch. But here in Atlanta, where it is headquartered, the company is somewhere between low-profile and no-profile. That's not helping as it seeks to fill 20 openings at the Novelis Global Technology Center in Kennesaw, which is scheduled to open in June. Jobs for metallurgists, engineers, machinists, researchers and technicians have gone wanting, even at six-figure salaries. "Why are we struggling a little bit to fill these positions in an economic environment as we're having now?" asked Stefan Erdmann, vice president for global research and development for Novelis,...
A recent analysis by the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) in the USA warns that the recycling of aluminium could become a stumbling block for the industry if no steps are taken to reduce impurities that build up as it is repeatedly recycled. Aluminium engine blocks, in particular, are frequently made from metal with comparatively high levels of impurities; this means they are ill-qualified for advanced applications such as electronic circuits or aerospace materials, say MIT researchers Randolph Kirchain and Elsa Olivetti, who collaborated with Gabrielle Gaustad from Rochester Institute of Technology. The research team also points out that many techniques are currently available for reducing impurities. Some of these are largely extensions of those commonly used to separate...
Numerous projects across the globe have attempted to recycle and refine impure aluminium but have not been very successful. For over a decade, scientists at SINTEF have been working on their new apparatus to recycle and refine impure aluminium. They will however know the results by this May 2012. A 4 m-long machine dominates the laboratory hall of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry on Gløshaugen in Trondheim. Cables and pipework will be installed around this spring. On the top of the machine, molten contaminated aluminium will be poured, which will go through a refining procedure and come out as impure metal and pure aluminium via two outlets. The machine’s left-hand side includes the purification system, wherein molten aluminium heated at 660oC is poured via an insulated pipe, which then...
