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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...Novelis Inc. Chief Financial Officer, Steve Fisher, will present at the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference in Miami on Monday, February 28, 2011, at 11:40 a.m. EST. ..
...According to Japan Aluminum Can Recycling Association, Japanese aluminum can demand will decrease by 0.8% to 18.42 billion units in 2011 from 2010...
...In western countries, quite a large number of aluminum alloy factories have scrap aluminum recycling section. The recycled aluminum scrap is used by companies themselves, but rest is sold to developing countires including China...
... Novelis is now set to be part of Hindalco's growth in India. It plans to invest USD 18 million in a new multi chamber melting furnace to recycle 50,000 tonnes of aluminum scrap annually to feed the rolling mill at Alunorf of Germany. ....
...- Novelis Inc, which recycles beverage cans to make aluminum products, said on Tuesday that growing global demand for the metal is outstripping its supply capacity and it will boost production, particularly in Asia...
... Novelis Inc., an Atlanta-based manufacturer of rolled aluminum products, plans to invest $18 million for the construction of a new recycling center near Neuss, Germany. ...
... A blizzard in the US Midwest is wreaking havoc on production and shipments at Chicago-based secondary aluminum producer Allied Metal. ...
... Novelis Inc., the world's largest producer of rolled aluminum and a global leader in aluminum recycling, today announced the investment of $18 million in the construction of a new recycling center at Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf) in western Germany. ...
...- Novelis, producer of in aluminum rolling, along with the U.S. Conference of Mayors and national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, are committed to increasing the nation's recycling rate with the Cans for Cash: City Recycling Challenge. Every year, cities compete in a month-long challenge to see which cities collect the most aluminum cans. During the competition held last October, 36 cities collected more than 107 million cans...
... Mayors around the country are finding it's cool to be green, as their cities recycled more than three million pounds of aluminum beverage cans during a competition to keep aluminum out of landfills. ...
... The Aluminium Federation (ALFED) has announced that it will co-host and jointly organize an International Aluminum Recycling Conference in China, in conjunction with the China National Resources Recycling Association (CRRA). ...
... Hydro has entered into an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop modeling and analyses to optimize the recycling of aluminium. ...
... Aluminum scrap availability is likely to remain tight in the US and elsewhere because of a number of macroeconomic reasons, one of the largest recyclers of aluminum scrap in the US said Monday. ...
... Aleris International, a Beachwood aluminum processing and recycling company, broke ground on its second plant in China. The plant should open in Zhenjiang City next year with an annual capacity of about 250,000 metric tons. Aleris already has a smaller aluminum extrusions plant in Tianjin, China. ...
... Aluminum scrap availability is likely to remain tight in the US and elsewhere because of a number of macroeconomic reasons, one of the largest recyclers of aluminum scrap in the US said Monday. ...
... Hydro has 19 plants that remelt aluminium in Asia, the Americas and Europe. At a growing number of these plants, Hydro is focusing on recycling in addition to the remelting of process scrap. ...
... A major round of consolidation in China's secondary aluminum industry is likely over the next nine years, one of the largest secondary producers in China said Monday. ....
... A new facility to recycle waste materials generated by the aluminium smelting process into products used by other industries has signaled a new era in environmental sustainability. Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Mr Tony Burke was on site at Hydro Aluminium Kurri officially open the Spent Potliner Reprocessing Facility. ...
