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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Delta Aluminium Industry, Chinese secondary aluminium alloy maker headed in Guangdong, starts production of aluminium alloy casting material and primary aluminum alloy in late October. The company introduces a new 12 tonne melting furnace dedicated to alloy casting material within October. As a...
Major secondary aluminum alloy makers and automotive component makers around Tokyo almost agreed to leave unchanged or to slightly decrease by JPY 1 per kilogram to JPY 3 per kilogram for secondary aluminum alloy for September 16th to 30th 2011 shipment. Relatively high prices were adjusted...
A Mexican secondary aluminium alloy producer may be setting up shop in Indiana to expand on an existing business relationship with Shelbyville, Ind.-based Ryobi Die Casting USA Inc. A senior executive at Ryobi confirmed that it had been in "strong negotiations" with Faeza SA de CV but no agreement...
Secondary aluminum alloy prices nosedived this week as panic selling overtook what has been a fairly resilient market this year. Lower-priced sales continued this week after several producers dropped numbers in rapid succession late last week, according to market participants. Rumors are rife that...
It is learned that aluminum scrap import customs cost(taxation + customs clearance fee) continues to rise in Guangdong,and September,import cost increased further. For example in Guangdong port customs clearance fee for aluminum shred was 1,650 Yuan/Ton in August, while in September it jumped to...
Cabinet has approved the Environment Management [Waste Disposal and Recycling] [Amendment] Regulations 2011, and the Environment Management [Container Deposit] Regulations 2011. The Regulations provide the legal framework for the establishment of the Container Deposit and Refund Recycling System....
Retail discounts will be offered to residents recycling bottles and cans under a new scheme. Being launched by a private company by year end, this will award people one point for every plastic bottle or aluminium can they chuck into Reverse Vending Machines (RVM). The RVMs will print a receipt of...
UK secondary aluminium ingot fell on Wednesday as falling primary prices on the London Metal Exchange saw raw material prices dip, and the weak euro kept business into the continent uncompetitive. LM24 pressure diecasting ingot fell to £1,580-1,670 ($2,465-2,605) per tonne from £1,610-1,680...
Enval, a leading provider of recycling and environmental technology solutions, announces that, following a series of trials carried out on Enval’s continuous process pilot plant, the Enval Process has proved financially and environmentally viable for treating post-consumer laminate waste. Enval is...
The US aluminum industry bought an estimated 712 million lb of aluminum scrap during July 2011, according to the US Geological Survey. Figures are up 11.3% over a year ago.USGS estimates that recovery of aluminum and aluminum alloys totaled 567 million lb in July, up 6.8%. Through the first seven...
John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, and Kevin Kramer, Director of Growth Initiatives for Alcoa, the world’s leading aluminum producer, were teamed today for a Commit Forum discussion on their organizations’...
European secondary aluminium prices fell on Friday as the market felt the impact of the economic turmoil, but prices were relatively stable when compared to the large swings seen in other markets. DIN226 pressure diecasting ingot dipped to €1,800-1,880 ($2,432-2,540) per tonne,down from...
UK aluminium scrap buyers are concerned that the forthcoming end-of-waste legislation will have an adverse effect on the domestic market by slashing supply levels and increasing prices. The end-of-waste legislation, which becomes effective throughout the EU on October 9, redefines certain types of...
Can manufacturers launch "Pass it on" campaign at Pack Expo 2011 highlighting the benefits of recycling food and beverage cans as the industry hits record levels of recycling rates in the United States. The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) plans to launch a new education and marketing campaign at...
Traders said sluggish industrial demand and reports of a weak global trend mainly led to the decline in prices. Following were today’s quotations in Rs a kg: aluminium wire scrap 112 and aluminium utensils scrap 109.
The UK secondary aluminium market is too small to absorb all the material produced there, giving manufacturers little protection when a falling euro saps their sterling revenues on sales into the continent. The euro is at 1.15 to the pound, from 1.108 at the start of the third quarter, according to...
The concept of Reduce, Recycle, Reuse and Re-manufacture is getting global awareness nowadays that many recycling organizations are introducing various measures to check and control the recycling wastes to a great extent. In the recent times, it has been found that scrap recycling industries are...
The UAE's position as a major hub for the global multi-billion dollar scrap metal recycling industry will be a key feature of the inaugural Green Middle East exhibition and conference, to be held from 17-19 October 2011 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have established...
