Commodity price volatility continues to create a significant commercial challenge for aluminium recyclers, affecting inventory valuation, purchase decisions, sales commitments and margins. As businesses navigate increasingly dynamic metal markets, understanding how to identify and manage price...
A WBCSD study says advanced sorting technology is available, but stronger demand for grade-specific secondary aluminium is needed to unlock investment. Technology for sorting mixed aluminium scrap has advanced significantly, but weak domestic markets for some recovered grades are limiting...
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Norsk Hydro ASA delivered a steady performance in the third quarter of 2025, demonstrating resilience amid weak prices, currency headwinds, and challenging global conditions. The company posted an adjusted EBITDA of NOK 5,996 million, compared with NOK 7,367 million in the same quarter last year....
Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has reported strong third-quarter 2025 results. The leading industrial metals company achieved another milestone by recording a net sales of USD 4.8 billion and net income of USD 404 million, equal to USD 2.74 per diluted share. While record...
Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy 2512 contract opened at RMB 20,460 per tonne overnight, hitting a high of RMB 20,515 per tonne and a low of RMB 20,435 per tonne, before closing at RMB 20,435 per tonne, down RMB 25 per tonne, or 0.12 per cent, from the previous close. Trading volume...
Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy 2512 contract opened at the day's high of RMB 20,420 per tonne overnight, hit bottom at RMB 20,315 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 20,375 per tonne, up RMB 25 per tonne or 0.12 per cent from the previous close. Trading volume was 1,650 lots, and...
The global aluminium market is in transition, and nowhere is that more evident than in the United States. What was once a predictable cycle of imports, recovery, and exports has, in 2025, become a story of trade shifts, policy shocks, and surging international appetite for recycled metal. In the...
Hydro, teaming up with the architectural firm "A Studio Between", has provided a stunning recycled aluminium facade for Frieze London 2025. This project highlights Hydro's dedication to promoting circular aluminium solutions, demonstrating how sustainable materials can significantly enhance...
Survey data on operating rates of secondary aluminium alloy enterprises by region and scale in October 2025: According to the SMM survey, the operating rate in the secondary aluminium industry rose by 3.2 percentage points MoM to 45.1per cent in September 2025, up 3.8 percentage points y-o-y. With...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the world’s largest producer of premium aluminium, has announced another major expansion at its EGA Spectro Alloys facility in Minnesota, USA. The latest phase of development will increase the aluminium recycling plant’s total capacity to 200,000 tonnes per year,...
Futures: According to the night session data on Oct. 15, technical analysis showed that the SHFE aluminium 2511 contract fluctuated rangebound during the Oct. 15 night session, closing slightly up 0.05per cent at RMB 20,885 per tonne. Moving averages indicated the price was below the 5-day MA...
Futures: According to the night session data on October 14, the SHFE aluminium 2511 contract closed at RMB 20,855 per tonne, down 0.36 per cent. It was under pressure in the short term below the 5-day moving average (MA5: 20,934), but remained above the 10-day, 30-day, and 60-day moving averages,...
The Aluminum Association has urged the US federal government to take immediate action to keep more aluminium scrap within the country. The Association argues that limiting exports of high-quality scrap, particularly used beverage containers (UBCs), will support US manufacturing and supply chains....
Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy ad2512 contract opened at RMB 20,475 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 20,505 per tonne, and finally closed at the lowest of RMB 20,405 per tonne, up RMB 80 per tonne or 0.39per cent from the previous close. Trading volume was 1,681 lots, and open...
Futures: The SHFE aluminium 2511 contract fluctuated downward during the night session of October 10, closing at RMB 20,755 per tonne, down 1.59 per cent. The MA indicators show that MA5 (20,766), MA10 (20,764), and MA30 (20,764) are all above the closing price, with short-term moving averages in a...
The global aluminium industry is going through an exciting transformation as companies focus on sustainability, innovation and circular practices. With a shift towards low-carbon production, the use of renewable energy, cutting-edge recycling technologies and impressive safety achievements,...
The centre of aluminium scrap prices fluctuated upward around the National Day holiday. As of October 9, the SMM A00 aluminium price closed at 20,960 per tonne, up 190 per tonne from September 25. Ahead of the holiday, enterprises in Henan, Jiangxi, Shandong, and other regions actively stockpiled,...
Futures: On the night session before the holiday (September 30), the most-traded SHFE aluminium 2511 contract opened at RMB 20,765 per tonne, with the highest price at RMB 20,770 per tonne, the lowest price at RMB 20,680 per tonne, and closed at RMB 20,680 per tonne, down 0.43per cent from the...
Alupro, in collaboration with SUEZ, and funded by the Aerosol Recycling Initiative (UKARI), has launched a new innovative communication program aimed at enhancing recycling rate in the United Kingdom. This digitally driven campaign mainly focuses on the effective utilisation of various measures to...
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has made a significant breakthrough in a case of misdeclaration involving electronic waste worth around INR 223 crore (USD 26.87 million). A company based in Surat imported these materials, falsely labelling them as aluminium scrap. Officials have...
