The European Commission has delayed its planned measures on aluminium scrap exports, replacing the earlier proposal for export duties with restrictions on waste shipments to non-OECD countries. European Aluminium said the change has added to discomfort across the aluminium industry, which has been...
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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"Father Pete" is a familiar face around Ripley, coming as he does two Sundays a month from his home in Pontotoc to lead Spanish and English church services. As much as he's known for his religious service, however, the Glenmary Mission priest -- The Rev. Gerald "Pete" Peterson -- is known as a...
Aluminum scrap market price shows sign to increase around Tokyo. The dealers will offer higher price to the users at talk to set the price for H1 of February when primary aluminum ingot price increases at London Metal Exchange. The local demand is still slow and the users' appetite is low around...
After you finish that can of beer or soda, if you toss it in the recycling bin, odds are good that it’ll end up as one bit of Atlanta-based Novelis’ campaign to turn itself into one of the world’s greenest — and most profitable — aluminum processors. Only a few years ago, after it was acquired in...
ALCOA, which operates Australia’s largest aluminium recycling plant at Yennora, says it is not planning to increase hydrogen chloride emissions, only its emissions limit. It is presently limited to releasing an average of 50mg/cm of the gas each hour from its rotary furnace - a limit imposed by the...
The environmental campaign Tea Light Hunt is a big hit. Over 23,000 school children from all over Norway have collected more than four million used tea light cups for recycling - and they are not finished yet! Tea Light Hunt hopes to raise awareness about the recycling of aluminium. COLLECTION: All...
Free-market secondary aluminum alloy tags rose for a second time this past week, sparked by a four-day run in the London Metal Exchange’s North American special aluminum alloy contract (Nasaac), market sources said. Producers were quoting A380.1 at $1.12 to $1.13 per pound by early Friday. However,...
Aluminum Association announced addition of its newest member, Chadwick Engineering Ltd. As Associate member, Chadwick Engineering will provide direct services to firms that produce or recycle aluminum. According to Aluminum Association President Heidi Brock, "Chadwick Engineering is especially...
AmeyCespa, which bought the recycling plant at Waterbeach from Donarbon for £48.6 million in 2010, will start construction on the new building shortly which will increase the county's green credentials. The plant, which will create additional jobs, should be operational by December. Although it...
Japanese major secondary aluminum alloy makers including Daiki Aluminum Industry aim to keep the alloy selling price unchanged for January shipment. The alloy makers expect the price is supported by bottom hitting domestic aluminum scrap market price and rebound of overseas primary aluminum market...
Trademark Metals Recycling (TMR), a wholly owned subsidiary of The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ), a Cincinnati-based subsidiary of Nucor Corp., has purchased the assets and business of Gulf Coast Metals, headquartered in Tampa, Fla. Gulf Coast Metals, established in 1981, operates four facilities...
The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling (CAER) announced today that Alcoa, the world’s leading aluminum producer, and Waste Management Recycle America, North America’s leading provider of integrated environmental solutions, have joined the alliance. CAER represents U.S. companies that...
The Aluminum Association is pleased to announce the addition of our newest member, Chadwick Engineering Ltd. Chadwick Engineering joins the Association as an Associate member; Associate members are a critical part of the North American aluminum industry providing direct services to firms that...
Members of Teamsters Local 371 remained on the picket line today after walking off their jobs Friday at Nichols Aluminum when negotiations on a new contract reached an impasse. The union went on strike at 4:30 p.m. Friday, said Thomas Brackmann, president of the west Davenport manufacturer. The two...
Platts Report: The aluminum alloy market – strong but beset with uncertainty – examines in detail activity throughout the sector and beyond, in Europe, the US and Asia over the past few months and helps bring focus to the outlook of Q1 2012. The automotive industry is a major consumer of secondary...
Physical aluminium alloy prices jumped Eur30-40/mt ($39-52/mt) in Europe this week as fresh spot buying interest emerged in spite of concerns over future demand levels and the economic health of the eurozone. Sentiment was cautiously optimistic at the Euroguss Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, which was...
North American secondary aluminum demand will grow over the next few years as diecasters are expected to need more of this product for automotive parts, Gary Borner, vice president of secondary aluminum producer Spectro Alloys, said Tuesday. Diecasting shipments are forecast to grow by 8% and...
Chinese largest maker of secondary alloyed aluminium, Sigma Group will increase the production by 18% to 450,000 tonnes in 2012 from 2011. The firm plans 200,000 tonnes of export. Chairman Mr Tony Huang said the firm targets 100,000 tonnes to 200,000 tonnes of export to the largest destination of...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When the television show Extreme Makeover-Home Edition came to Knoxville, Tennessee, to renovate a home this week, Alcoa Recycling picked up its tools and volunteered its services along with local construction contractors and laborers. Alcoa’s “tools” came in the...
