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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A Redruth-based waste disposal company has secured planning permission to build a £2.5 million recycling facility close to its headquarters, creating 20 jobs. H&A Waste Services has already invested an additional £400,000 in a plot of land adjacent to its Cardrew Industrial Estate base, where it...
European secondary aluminium ingot prices fell on Friday as economic uncertainty continued to stifle buying activity. But the range widened as producers selling the majority of their production to the German manufacturing sector enjoyed better prices. DIN226 pressure-diecasting ingot fell to...
Things are still very quiet mainly due to the drop in prices. People are holding onto material. Aluminum is still going pretty well. That is kind of a constant. Copper spreads haven’t changed even though the prices have dropped because there is still have enough stock. That may change in the...
In the local non-ferrous metal market today on scattered demand from consuming industries,today's quotations in Rs per kg were:aluminium ingots 113, sheet cutting 114, aluminium wire scrap 115 and aluminium utensils scrap 110. Traders said fresh demand from consuming industries helped copper prices...
Recycling drinks containers has just become a lot easier for Murrumba Downs residents with the introduction of an innovative reverse vending recycling machine, Envirobank, at the 7-Eleven store. The Queensland outlet is the third in the franchised convenience chain to adopt this recycling...
OMAN is committed to sustainable development.One of the key elements that advances this noble practice is recycling.Oman’s commitment to environmental protection and cleanliness is also well known. Recycling is a great way in saving the environment and maintaining all-round cleanliness. According...
A newly formed European metals alliance, called Metals for Buildings, has been launched to promote the recyclability and sustainability of metals that are used in buildings. Metals for Buildings says it represents European companies involved in primary metal production, downstream manufacturing and...
UK high-grade secondary aluminium ingot prices fell on Wednesday as deals at the top end dried up on continuing economic uncertainty. But demand remains healthy in the near term and producers are well sold through November at least. “We’re doing a few bits and pieces on the spot market, but we’re...
According to Ministry of Finance, Japanese secondary aluminum alloy import is increasing from China. The import was 40,840 tonnes in August increasing by 13% from a year earlier and by 21% from July. Several Japanese trader sources said that the import is likely to maintain a high level at around...
While the EU seeks to curb its import dependency on raw materials through better re-use and recycling, the bloc remains a top exporter of all sorts of waste – including metals. Instead of being re-used in Europe, waste resources are increasingly being shipped overseas to fuel booming Asian...
Tianjin Aotong Metal Products Co.Ltd has become the biggest export base of recycled aluminum alloy in north. The company has formed a production scale of 500,00tons aluminum alloy per year through technical innovation, investment and optimizing production factors. Aotong imports scrap metals as raw...
Aluminum scrap prices have come under pressure after one large consumer stepped away from the market and others refuse to buy long. The lack of visibility on year-end production volumes has made scrap buyers wary of purchasing forward, they told AMM, noting that they have built sufficient inventory...
Scrap input prices have come down over the past couple of months and have "found a floor," said an Italian alloy producer, adding: "It's not possible to push prices down any further otherwise we will be suffering again." Prices for scrap in Germany were said to be flat. Scrap buyers would be...
Secondary aluminium prices drifted lower in Europe this week in quiet market conditions as negative sentiment on the economy and future demand levels crept into the physical market, sources said. "Our plants are fully booked and sold out for Q4 but everyone is talking about the financial crisis,"...
UK aluminium scrap prices finally lost support and fell sharply on Wednesday, with all grades showing significant losses as the market succumbed to the continuing turmoil in European debt markets. “Prices have been pretty horrendous this week and have fallen significantly from just a couple of...
A Bahrain-based company wants to expand its dross recycling operations throughout the world after opening a multimillion-dollar factory at Tiwai Point yesterday. Construction of the Taha Asia Pacific recycling plant began this year at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters and was officially opened...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Dion Global Solutions Ltd's "Opportunities in Brazil Aluminium Market" report to their extensive offering of materials markets publications. Brazil is one of the rapidly growing aluminium markets in the Latin American region. The country has...
Alcoa announced today that its Canadian Global Primary Products Operations has made one of the most substantial financial contributions in its history, a partnership agreement totaling $3 million over five years with the new Centre for Sustainable Development. A portion of this contribution, coming...
