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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...Norwegian group Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL: Quote) may convert its troubled German aluminium plant from a producer of primary metal to a recycling unit, CEO Svein Richard Brandtzaeg said in comments published on Wednesday...
...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Bahrain Defense Force, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will be the official patron of the 25th International Aluminium Conference which will be held from September 20th to 22nd 2010 at the Gulf Hotel Bahrain...
...The Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) on September 15 announced the 2009 Used Beverage Container (UBC) recycling rate at 57.4 percent. This is the highest recycling rate of any beverage container in the United States. In 2009, Americans and the aluminum industry recycled nearly 55.5 billion aluminum cans, nearly 2.3 billion more than in 2008...
...Some of the more recent articles have focused on its efforts against the additional tax that Australia’s new government wants to impose on miners. Others highlight BHP’s recently launched, $39 billion takeover offer for the world’s largest producer of potash, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT)...
...Nearly 55.5 billion aluminum cans were recycled in the United States in 2009, an increase of about 2.3 billion cans or 4 percent over the previous year, three industry groups said on Tuesday...
...Novelis today announced that it will invest a further US$11.3 million to help meet growing demand for the aluminium sheet produced at its Sierre, Switzerland, rolling operation...
...The firm is blaming competition from other countries, over capacity in the foil market and also said its Bridgnorth plant was at a technical disadvantage compared to its others in Europe...
...Keeping businesses in the area is something Congressman Tim Ryan says is one of his top priorities, and to prove that point, he made a stop at a Warren facility Tuesday to make sure it's getting the help it needs...
...This morning I added Alumina Ltd. (AWC) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio. AWC's principal activities are mining, processing and marketing of minerals, metals, fertilizers, exploration for minerals, and investments in companies producing metals, minerals and chemicals...
... An admitted "neat freak," Cash says recycling day is torture for her. "Every time I come here, I want to try to clean up these bins," she said last week while dropping off a load of plastic bottles and aluminum cans at Sonoco Recycling on Mule Academy Road in Fishersville. .... It's a particular problem with aluminum cans, where the recycling bins are often laced with plastic bags, aluminum foil and other items. ...
...For the last nine years Brazil has led the world in recycling aluminium cans, of which it reuses 96.5 percent, and it now has a strong chance of reaching the 100 percent mark...
...The latest figures from the Environment Agency show a marked increase in the amounts of packaging being recovered and recycled in the second quarter of 2010 but aluminium recovery is down...
...Mr Prasad Baji of Edelweiss Securities Limited wrote in a note that aluminium scrap prices are firm after having bottomed out...
... The secondary aluminium market expects some price volatility over the next five weeks on increased activity ahead of the northern summer ...
... The cash aluminium alloy price overtook primary aluminium in the official session on the London Metal Exchange on Friday due to a lack of material in warehouse and high off-exchange prices. Cash aluminium alloy settled at $2,010/20 per tonne in Friday's officials compared with the primary aluminium settlement price of $2,008/08.5 per tonne...
... Chinas Yunnan Aluminium warns that it could record a net loss of 977 million yuan ... Scrap & Secondary · Price Book New · LME Real-Time New ...
... Secondary aluminium prices were unchanged for the second consecutive week on Wednesday leaving a growing gap between prices on the LME.
...Monmouthshire is the latest council to benefit from the support of Alupro's Aerofoil campaign to boost the recycling of aluminium foil containers and aerosols...
