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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Los Angeles-based Alpert & Alpert Iron & Metal Inc. has announced the appointment of Alan Dick as its president, effective April 1, 2013. Dick joins Alpert & Alpert from Ohio-based aluminum producer Aleris, where he most recently was executive vice president and CEO - global recycling. Prior to...
Following a 3.2 percent decline, Chinese aluminum scrap finished as the week’s biggest mover on the weekly Aluminum MMI. Following a steady week, prices for the Chinese aluminum cash price closed flat. The price of Chinese aluminum bar did not change since the previous week. Chinese aluminum billet...
World Aluminium Market reported that China has developed from a large aluminium manufacturing country to a primary powerful country. Meanwhile, China is also a large aluminium scarp import country. Chinese scarp import volume in 2011 was 2.69 million tonnes while export volume was 1200 tonnes. It...
Befesa Reciclaje de Escorias Salinas is the Befesa division that recycles salt slags, a waste produced by the secondary aluminium industry. Befesa produces three products from salt slags. Firstly it produces aluminium concentrates and smelting salts that are fed back into the secondary aluminium...
The price of Chinese aluminum scrap fell 1.8 percent on March 5, 2013, making it the day’s biggest mover after three days of flat prices. The Chinese aluminum cash price steadied following two days of dropping prices. The price of Chinese aluminum bar was unchanged. Following two days of downward...
As a founding partner of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), Constellium is delighted to welcome some of its key customers AUDI, BMW Group and Rexam as new members. As part of its active sustainable development strategy, Constellium has engaged into a holistic approach in this domain and...
The final numbers are in from a can collection drive held last week across the UAE. And a slew of recyclable aluminium cans have been diverted from landfills thanks to efforts by the Emirates Environmental Group. As part of its 16th annual Can Collection Campaign, the group collected 6,533...
China has developed from a large aluminium manufacturing country to a primary powerful country. Meanwhile, China is also a large aluminium scarp import country. Chinese scarp import volume in 2011 was 2.69 million tones, while export volume was 1200 tonnes. It is predicted that this situation will...
Anglesey Aluminium decided to close its remaining operations at the smelter. The company announced it would close its re-melt business at the site, with a loss of 60 jobs. The decision came following a meeting of the plant’s Metal Board on Thursday which came to the conclusion that the re-melt...
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has proposed a memorandum for bringing the basic customs duty (BCD) on aluminium scrap at par with the duty on aluminium products in Budget 2013. At present, basic customs duty on aluminium products is at to 5 per cent, while duty for...
AUDI AG is joining the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative to help develop a global standard for sustainable aluminum. As a pioneer of unitary aluminum car bodies, the company is taking the opportunity to influence the entire value chain of one of its most important materials – one of the objectives...
Emirates Environmental Group continues its highly successful annual Can Collection Campaign with a nationwide effort to gather thousands of drink cans at selected depots for recycling. In its 16th annual collection, EEG is inviting communities, institutions, private sector groups and government...
On Feb. 25, 2013, the day’s biggest mover was the price of Chinese aluminum scrap, which saw a 5.1 percent decline. This was the first move after three changeless days. The Chinese aluminum cash price declined 0.4 percent. Chinese aluminum billet finished the day down 0.3 percent. For the fifth...
Universal Scrap Metals Inc. (USM) is adding a recycling facility in Georgetown, Ky. The Chicago-based USM said in a news release the company’s investment includes purchasing recycling equipment from Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corp. (ABRC). The equipment is used to help prepare used beverage...
UK secondary aluminium ingot prices rose on Wednesday February 20, under pressure from the tight scrap market and European ingot prices, after the stronger euro saw export prices rise above domestic UK levels. The euro was trading at about 1.145 to the sterling on Wednesday, after peaking above...
Current Aluminum Prices Following two days of increases on the LME, the aluminum cash price dropped by 1.7 percent to end at $2,086 per metric ton on Feb. 19, 2013. The aluminum 3-month price changed direction with a 1.6 percent drop. After two days of improving prices, the metal finished at $2,130...
European secondary aluminium ingot prices rose on Friday February 15, though producer margins remained under severe pressure as scrap prices also increased. “The scrap issue is really tough, and some companies are having financial difficulties,” a producer said. “The margins are so low that...
Habiba Al Marashi, chairperson of The Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) said that every year, the UAE consumes more than 500 million cans of beverages and sends approximately 5% for recycling, compared with the global average of 63%. In line with this, the EEG has launched the 16th edition of the...
