Commodity price volatility continues to create a significant commercial challenge for aluminium recyclers, affecting inventory valuation, purchase decisions, sales commitments and margins. As businesses navigate increasingly dynamic metal markets, understanding how to identify and manage price...
A WBCSD study says advanced sorting technology is available, but stronger demand for grade-specific secondary aluminium is needed to unlock investment. Technology for sorting mixed aluminium scrap has advanced significantly, but weak domestic markets for some recovered grades are limiting...
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Urraco Evo is Lindner’s next-gen mobile two-shaft shredder series, built for higher power, quicker fast-exchange servicing, and flexible shaft configurations. From pre-shredding to volume reduction, it tackles aluminium and heavy-duty streams like scrap metal, mixed scrap, wood, plastics, and...
Bridgnorth Aluminium has made a strong comeback in 2024, with its turnover soaring to nearly GBP 230 million (USD 287.5 million) and impressive performance improvements across the board. This Midlands-based company, the only fully integrated producer of flat-rolled aluminium coils in the UK,...
Next week (8-9 October), Alupro will showcase its latest behavioural change programmes at the 2025 LARAC Conference. Taking place at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham for its 40 th anniversary celebrations, the event will bring together more than 500 representatives from across 170 local...
After acquiring Polish aluminium recycler Alumetal S.A. two years ago, Hydro is now on the road to finishing the integration of Alumetal's operations in both Poland and Hungary. As part of a rebranding effort, the plants will now operate under Hydro's name, which will help the company solidify its...
A new project in Nigeria is aiming to turn a major waste problem into a clean energy solution. DESPRAY Environmental, a Dutch specialist in aerosol recycling, has partnered with Lagos-based FREEE Recycle Limited to launch Food Fuel , an initiative that will convert discarded aerosol gases into safe...
Elementary schools across the United States are turning empty aluminium beverage cans into both classroom resources and environmental lessons, as the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Recycling Society kick off the latest edition of the Million Cans Recycling Contest. Image for...
Hydro's R100 exhibition, which has already made waves in Milan and Copenhagen, is gearing up to make a grand return to its roots during Dutch Design Week 2025. This exciting showcase will take place at Kazerne Home of Design, located at Paradijslaan 2-8 in Eindhoven, from October 18 to 26. The...
Nupur Recycling Ltd., a leader in metal scrap processing and recycling, based in New Delhi, has successfully acquired Tycod Autotech Pvt. Ltd., a manufacturer of high-pressure die-cast and machined aluminium alloy components for automotive applications, which is located in Haryana. The company sees...
When the first whispers of Hangarbrua being called by the engineers as “We think we can build a bridge entirely from recycled aluminium,” it was as jaw-dropping as it could have been. A bridge, that too from old oil-platform scrap? It sounded daring. But daring is sometimes the cradle of change....
What began as an early morning alarm turned into hours of firefighting in DeWitt, New York, when a blaze tore through the Metalico scrap metal recycling facility on Sunday, September 28. Crews from across Onondaga County were called in around 6:30 a.m., battling dense smoke and deep-seated flames...
The aluminium beverage can industry is well-positioned for circularity, but achieving this vision requires a unified, collective effort. The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) 's "Can-to-Can Recycling: Performance, Potential and Pathways" factsheet outlines how aluminium can recycling can...
The most-traded cast aluminium alloy AD2512 futures contract opened at RMB 20,280 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 20,370 per tonne, and finally closed at the lowest level of RMB 20,325 per tonne, up RMB 55 per tonne or 0.27 per cent from the previous closing price. Trading volume was 646...
Secondary aluminium production in the United States has stepped up just as primary output has faltered, rising 2 per cent in the first half of 2025 to offset the equivalent decline in primary production. The United States Geological Survey data showed the primary aluminium production through the...
Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy ad2512 contract opened at RMB 20,325 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 20,360 per tonne, and finally closed at the lowest of 20,240 per tonne, down RMB 85 per tonne or 0.42 per cent from the previous close. Trading volume was 1,110 lots, open...
Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy AD2512 contract opened at the day's low of RMB 20,385 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 20,450 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 20,385 per tonne, flat from the previous close, with a 0per cent change. Trading volume was 661 lots, and open...
Domestic aluminium scrap prices generally hovered at highs this week. At the beginning of the week, driven by the weakening of primary aluminium prices, some aluminium scrap varieties pulled back slightly. As of September 25, the SMM A00 aluminium price closed at RMB 20,770 per tonne, down RMB 10...
After the pandemic in 2020 and early 2021, global aluminium demand has made a strong comeback and is now on a steady growth trajectory. According to industry data, total global consumption hit 97.6 million tonnes in 2023 and is projected to rise to 100.8 million tonnes in 2024, primarily driven by...
New research from UK-based non-profit organisation Every Can Counts (ECC) has revealed that recycling has become a flashpoint across Britain’s households, with habits diverging sharply between age groups. A survey of 2,000 people showed Gen Z (18–24s) are the most argumentative. Six in ten who row...
