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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UK secondary aluminium ingot prices widened on Wednesday in a market that is, like any other in the region, under the shadow of the economic turmoil within the eurozone. UK secondary aluminium ingot prices widened on Wednesday in a market that is, like any other in the region, under the shadow of...
The Alcoa Foundation has granted $20,000 to support the City of Knoxville, Tennessee's new Kerbside recycling program with the purchase of 5200 small, in-home recycling. According to the foundation, the bins are designed to help new recyclers get in the habit of sorting recyclables from garbage in...
Further improvements are needed in the collection and recycling of aluminium beverage cans despite recycling rates for the cans increasing across the EU,according to the European Aluminium Association(EAA). The overall recycling rate across the 27 EU...
Base metal turned weak and prices declined up to Rs 5 per kg on the local non-ferrous metal market today due to reduced industrial demand amid weakening global trend. Quotations in Rs per kg: aluminium ingots 112,aluminium wire scrap 112 and aluminium utensils scrap 109.
AUSTRALIA'S largest aluminium recycling facility, the Alcoa plant in Yennora, turned 50 last month. The facility recycles almost half a billion aluminium cans a year, going through around 55,000 tonnes of scrap aluminium. The recycling process uses 5 per cent of the energy needed to make new metal...
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) today announced its Top North American Scrap Aluminum Suppliers as well as the “Most Improved” Supplier for 2011.The leading are Commercial Metals Company [Dallas, TX], Jack Engle & Company [Los Angeles, CA],Omnisource & Omnisource SE Corporation. This marks the seventh consecutive...
Tower Aluminium Group has successfully raised N4.63 billion bond from the nation’s capital market under a N9 billion Medium Term Note(MTN) programme to finance its operations and enhance performance. The fund was raised after the completion of a book building exercise spearheaded by Dunn Loren...
THEY might wear blue and yellow on the field but the Mariners have gone green this week, getting behind Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium’s latest environmentally friendly recycling campaign. Stadium manager Monique Marks showed off their newly installed recycling bins to star players Patrick...
European secondary aluminium prices were stable on Friday even as the economic uncertainty dragged down prices in other markets, as good consumer demand helped maintain volumes. European secondary aluminium prices were stable on Friday even as the economic uncertainty dragged down prices in other...
Alcoa and LS-Nikko Copper invest in Electronic Recyclers International to strengthen their sustainability platforms. Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), based in Fresno, Calif., has been the recipient of investments from Pittsburgh-based Alcoa and Seoul, South Korea-based LS-Nikko Copper. The...
There are sufficient quantities of low grade scrap aluminium available in Belgium, whereas high grade scrap materials are more difficult to obtain. Secondary aluminium smelters are fully booked until the end of this year. Secondary ingot prices are more or less stable, because of long delivery...
Americans are getting the message about recycling – in 2010, instead of tossing empty cans in the nearest ordinary trashcan, almost 6 out of every 10 aluminum beverage cans were instead tossed into the nearest recycling bin. This amounts to nearly 56 billion cans entering the recycling stream....
US aluminum scrap exports reversed a two-month slide in July as China’s large appetite and softer US prices vs. other nations helped push deliveries of the light metal to a three-year high. US aluminum scrap exports reversed a two-month slide in July as China’s large appetite and softer US prices...
UK secondary aluminium ingot prices were stable on Wednesday as the nervousness surrounding the debt crises in Europe and the USA pushed the market into a state of inertia. “I’ve had a few conversations with customers this morning and everyone is nervous of what’s around the corner,” a producer...
China Customs released imports and exports data of aluminum scrap in August.In August China imports 200 thousand tons of aluminum scrap, decrease 23.08%, compared with the same period of last year. Comsumption continues weak and the high cost of import are the main reasons for the decline. There...
Japan's largest secondary aluminum alloy smelter Daiki Aluminium Industry earlier this month started up its first Indonesian plant, which has the capacity to produce 2,500 mt/month of alloys, a company official said Wednesday. Daiki Aluminium Industry Indonesia began production of secondary...
Altek Europe Limited who earlier this year were awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade - have purchased new premises with the backing of their banking partners NatWest. Launched in 2007, Altek Europe supports the growth in aluminium recycling around the world. Their products...
Over the past 20 years,the demand for Primary energy associated with secondary aluminum production has been reduced 58 percent. Cumulative greenhouse gas emissions associated with secondary aluminum production have been reduced 65 percent.
