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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... China Customs also reported that December unwrought aluminum and aluminum profile imports reached 82,927 tons, which was over last month 76,293 tons. December aluminum scrap imports reached 260,000 tons, which was higher than November 250,000 tons ...
...Aluminum Corporation of China (CHALCO) (2600.HK) signed an agreement with the Guizhou government to invest a total of 34.5 billion yuan to build a Guiyang-based coal-power-aluminum recyclable industrial base, reports China Securities Journal, citing a press release...
... Novelis Inc. announced today the final results of its previously announced cash tender offers and consent solicitations for any and all of its 7.25% Senior Notes due 2015 (the "7.25% Notes") and its 11.50% Senior Notes due 2015 (the "11.50% Notes", and together with the 7.25% Notes, the "Notes"), as of the Expiration Time, which was 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, December 28, 2010. ...
... Aleris International, Inc. has completed the sale of its operations in Brazil to MCN Empreendimentos e Participacoes Ltda. The transaction includes assets associated with 11 scrap collection centers located throughout Brazil and two melting sites in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil. ...
...It is reported that in an effort to help clean up the community, the A Vito Martinez Ecology Club is launching its Great American Can RoundUp campaign..
...Mr Robert P Strieter vice president, health, environment & safety announced his retirement effective March 1st 2011. An environmental scientist by training, Mr Bob displayed tremendous skill in managing environmental issues for the Aluminum Association...
...Aluminum scrap prices rose this week as flows were reduced drastically and markets went quiet. Heavy snowfall in some Midwest regions like northern Indiana also caused minor delivery delays...
...The buying and selling of metal scrap has been in practice since ancient times and today has become a multi-billion-dollar business. Machinery outlets, manufacturers, the government and various industries contribute to the collection of metal scraps. Metal scrap includes various forms of aluminum, including cans, used pipe, automobiles, appliances, sheet metal buildings, pots, computer components, pans, bicycles, lawn furniture, copper wire, obsolete equipment, old structural steel building frames, tin cans, and so on...
...Michigan International Speedway continues to be an industry leader with its green efforts in a variety of ways. This time, the Irish Hills track will recycle three of its general admission grandstands and relocate the steel and aluminum to Watkins Glen International so the nation’s top road course will be able to add permanent grandstand seating for its race weekends...
...Novelis was honored in November with a Silver Gaia Award at the Big 5 international building and construction exhibition in Dubai. The award recognizes the environmental benefits of the company's pre-painted cladding sheet ff2ECOplus, which was developed to meet the low-carbon requirements of the Masdar City project in Abu Dhabi...
...With an aim to expand in the United States, Macquarie Harbour Mining (ASX: MHM) has made encouraging progress in US salt slag processing planning after working on-site in the US with Smelter Service Corporation, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and key regulatory officials...
...For long time most aluminum alloy ingot factories in China have purchased foreign aluminum scrap as their raw material. As aluminum scrap price is low comparatively in China, some factories of aluminum alloy ingot have expanded their buy of domestic aluminum scrap...
...Worldal reported that industry forecasts point toward 75% growth in aluminium recycling in the next decade. Mr Roland Scharf Bergmann head of Hydro's Recycling unit attributes the growth to a change in mindset and perceptions in our society...
...The Brazilian Aluminum Association (ABAL) and the Brazilian Association of Highly Recyclable Cans (ABRALATAS) informed on Thursday, October 28, that Brazil has recycled 98.2% of the total number of aluminum cans for beverages sold in the domestic market in 2009. According to data of these two entities, 14.7 billion packagings were recycled in the year, corresponding to 40.3 million per day or 1.7 million per hour...
...Industry forecasts point toward 75 percent growth in aluminium recycling in the next decade. Roland Scharf-Bergmann, head of Hydro's Recycling unit, attributes the growth to a change in mindset and perceptions in our society...
...Novelis Inc, a unit of Indian aluminium maker Hindalco Industries Ltd (HALC.BO: Quote), plans to raise $4 billion to refinance the loans borrowed by Hindalco in 2007 for its acquisition of Novelis, the Economic Times said on Wednesday...
...As a retired 84 year old salesman, George Ouellette continues to work six to seven hours a day walking in parks, along roads, and even searching through garbage, collecting cans and bottles to create smiles for children in need. Ouellette has collected over 100,000 cans since 2005, and has raised a total of $4,400, which is the equivalent of nineteen surgeries for children suffering from clefts...
...Alcoa announced the launch of a free, user friendly iPhone application compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad that will make it fun and easy for consumers to recycle aluminum cans...
