Aluminium’s trade map is no longer drawn by smelters alone. Scrap flows, power contracts, industrial policy and specialist grades now shape who secures metal, at what cost and under whose rules. Ten recent developments across Europe, the US, Australia, Japan and Mexico show how recycling, energy and regulation are becoming the new levers of aluminium competitiveness. They also show where traders, exporters and policymakers may need to adjust. Scrap tug-of-war: the US pull, Europe’s leak and the recycling base at stake The pull starts with price. The US UBC scrap benchmark averaged USD 2,322.89 a tonne in July, USD 2,491.22 in August and USD 2,602.51 in September. That is a 12 per cent climb, and it came after a July that opened at USD 2,464.98 and fell to USD 2,270.76 within two days....
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...
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...Svein Richard Brandtzæg, chairman of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) and CEO of Hydro, has announced the launch of a website highlighting the recycling advantages of aluminum products. Recognizing the demand from customers, consumers and policymakers around the world for up-to-date and easy to access information, the IAI has developed the site to demonstrate the economic, social and environmental benefits and the future potential of aluminum recycling...
...In the key year that China’s “Twelfth-Five” plan will come on, Asian aluminium industry exhibition “ 2011 China International Aluminum Exhibition” will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre during July 13 and 15 2011. It is expected that all Global 500 giants in the aluminum industry will gather here, like Aluminum Corporation of China, Nanshan Aluminium, Qatar Aluminum, more than 400 domestic and foreign enterprises covering global aluminum industrial chain as well as over 10000 sources from over 90 coutries, like China, Asia,etc...
...February 21, 2011 Most metals retain their qualities even after being recycled a number of times. Aluminum is one such metal which retains its natural qualities even after being recycled many times. The process of recycling aluminum requires only 5% of the energy used to produce aluminum out of mined aluminum ore...
...The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) Chairman and Hydro CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg today welcomed the launch of a website highlighting the recycling advantages of aluminium products. Recognising the demand from customers, consumers and policymakers around the world for up-to-date and easy to access information, the IAI has developed the site to demonstrate the economic, social and environmental benefits and the future potential of aluminium recycling...
