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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Crafty entrepreneurs are driving semi-trailers full of cans from Nevada or Arizona, which don't have deposit laws, across the border and transforming their cargo into trucks full of nickels. In addition, recyclers inside the state are claiming redemptions for the same containers several times over,...
The Guam Business Partners for Recycling, under the project i*recycle, disbursed $24,410.04 to participating schools for their aluminum can recycling efforts. Since the program started in 2007, the program has generated $130,554.07 in funds to local schools. The i*recycle program creates a standard...
More than 950 exhibitors from 50 nations are taking part and around 25,000 visitors are expected at the Aluminium 2012 World Trade Fair & Conference. Hydro President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg and senior executives Hilde M. Aasheim, Hans-Joachim Kock and Oliver Bell will all be present to meet...
Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), a leading aluminium smelter, was recently awarded the Dubai Chamber 2012 CSR Label, which honours the company’s efforts towards sustainability. The accolade was presented at a dedicated ceremony hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Centre for Responsible...
With the development of light weight cars in China, demand of aluminum is stipulating in China. Bullet train, metro even lorry will use more and more secondary aluminium in the future. China’s auto industry needs more than 1,000 thousand tons of secondary aluminium. Also with the promotion of...
On the Cast Aluminum Alloy Industry Chain Summit which was held days before, aluminum industry analysts expected China aluminum scrap supply volume may keep steady increase about 6.1%. Most of the cast aluminum alloy enterprises were secondary aluminium enterprises focused on the purchase of...
Alcoa is encouraging aluminum can recycling through its new Facebook app, “Pass the Can.” Facebook users simply log on to the Pass the Can app, crush a can and then pass the can to a friend. Once the can is passed to a friend, the Alcoa Foundation will donate $1, up to $75,000, to help support...
At the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting today, Alcoa, Alcoa Foundation and Keep America Beautiful (KAB) announced a national commitment to increase U.S. recycling rates. "Action to Accelerate Recycling" will generate awareness, create incentives, and provide recycling access and...
China's rising output of nonferrous metals through recycling has helped with energy savings and environmental protection, an industrial organization said Friday. The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association announced that output of the major categories of recycled nonferrous metals hit 5.4...
The Emirates Environment Group (EEG) collected a total of 805 tonnes of waste and recyclable material in the first half of the current year by conducting a number of clean-up and recycling campaigns, revealed its chairperson Habiba Al Marashi. She explained that active participation in recycling...
Alcoa announced that its Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products (AWTP) business has joined the Sustainable Development Charter of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). The UITP, an organization with a 125-year history, is an international network for public transport and a...
Scrap aluminum wheel prices have moved back in line with those on the London Metal Exchange after trading at a premium for much of the year, with one trader claiming that the recent surge on the LME has boosted availability. Free-market transaction prices for wheels are now in the range of 96 to 98...
Alaska Air Group diverted enough aluminum last year to build three new airplanes, according to the company's first comprehensive corporate sustainability report. Specifically, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air in-flight recycling programs diverted more than 800 tons of waste from landfills, including...
Bauxite ore is refined into alumina (aluminum oxide), one of the primary feedstocks for aluminum metal. Scrap aluminum supplies 30 percent of America’s aluminum supply. Recycled aluminum cans supply a portion of the scrap used as a raw material. About 26.5 percent of the aluminum used in America...
John Gardner, chief sustainability officer for Novelis, talks to azocleantech.com about the increase in aluminium recycling and how recycled aluminium can be used in the beverage and automotive industries. GT: Could you please give a brief overview of Novelis? JG: Novelis is the world’s largest...
Aluminum scrap consumers are increasingly using secondary grades of feedstock, which has put a floor on secondary scrap prices and diminished overall scrap quality, according to Garey Rittenhouse, vice president of southern nonferrous trading at Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based PSC Metals Inc. Many...
Those who recycle their plastics with S.A.V.E. can now bring their aluminum, too. S.A.V.E. board member and treasurer Kent Schlosser said the longstanding plastics drives were created to provide an outlet for dedicated recyclers in Helena with the goal of creating a sustainable model for permanent...
The DJSI World is regarded by many as the world's most important sustainability index and an important guide for investors and other stakeholders for assessing companies' non-financial performance. Hydro was named a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for 2012-2013 with a slight...
