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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The U.S. recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans reached its highest level in a decade, with 58.1% of all cans recycled last year—a rate that is more than double than that of any other beverage container, according to the Aluminum Assn., Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap...
Ohio scrap processor Global Scrap Management Inc. (GSM) has invested about $3 million in an aluminum foundry that is expected to melt 4 million pounds of scrap per month. The new Altimet division melting operation is in a former Ford Motor Co. transmission plant in Batavia, Ohio, located a few...
Demand for Novelis Inc's [NVLX.UL] aluminum products is growing globally, with consumption ranging from very strong in Asia to up -- if a bit less than forecast -- in the United States, despite some investors' fears that the economy may be slipping into recession. In a recent interview, Chief...
According to a study by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc, the market for non ferrous scrap metal copper, aluminum, lead, nickel, zinc and similar metals grew 28% to USD 40 billion in revenue last year. Products from electronic circuit boards to soda cans provide the raw materials...
Japan Metal Bulletin reported that major secondary aluminum alloy makers around Tokyo try to slightly increase or leave selling price unchanged for August shipment. The price negotiation begins in next week.
The US aluminum industry purchased an estimated 684 million lb of aluminum scrap during April 2011, according to the US Geological Survey. Figures are up 14.4% over a year ago. USGS estimates that recovery of aluminum and aluminum alloys totaled 556 million lb in April, up 14.3%. Through the first...
Secondary aluminium alloy 226 prices remained unchanged this week in thin trading conditions, typical of the summer vacation period in Europe, sources said. "It's a quiet market," said a trader. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the UK markets were said to be inactive this week because of summer...
UK secondary aluminium ingot prices remained at last week’s levels on Wednesday, although scrap prices – particularly the purer grades – continued to slide following price falls in the London Metal Exchange aluminium contract.
Waste from aluminum recycling at Tennessee Aluminum Processors Inc. and Smelter Services Corp. in Mt. Pleasant is causing concern at a Murfreesboro landfill. On March 28, authorities at Middle Point Landfill, located off East Jefferson Pike in Murfreesboro, reported an area of “elevated...
Lugging those cans, bottles and paper products down to the curb has paid off for Berkeley residents. That's because Ocean County officials are paying taxpayers another dividend from an unlikely source, the county’s mutual fund of garbage.
Russian-origin AK5M2 aluminum alloy offers have dropped 4% from two weeks ago, tracking the fall, also of 4%, in US scrap aluminum prices, market sources said Tuesday. AK5M2 alloy is used by secondary aluminum alloy smelters in Asia for production of ADC12 alloy, while old cast and other scrap...
S.I.C Recycling, a subsidiary of the John Deere distributor Sloan Implement Co., headquartered in Assumption, Ill., has announced plans to open a scrap metal recycling facility in Riverton, Ill. The company hopes to process more than 13 million pounds of copper and aluminum per year when it is...
A scrap-metal recycling plant at Riverton expects to process more than 13 million pounds of copper and aluminum annually and to have a work force of 25 once the plant reaches capacity in a couple of years. SIC Recycling Inc. will sell into an industry that claimed nearly $40 billion in revenues and...
A smoldering fire ignited by aluminum waste at an Ohio landfill sparked Allied Waste officials to stop accepting that type of special waste four years ago at its facilities, including Middle Point Landfill. Middle Point, located off Jefferson Pike in the Walter Hill community just north of...
The UK’s aluminium can recycling rate is getting closer to the European average, according to the latest figures published by the European Aluminium Association.
Secondary aluminum has been relatively quiet as far as volume. We are getting a lot of mixed reports. The market has tightened up a bit. There is a lot of uncertainty in the market because everyone is anticipating the worst of this whole budget crisis, so a lot of people are afraid to take a step...
Separating aluminum yields much higher payday for township. West Milford — Recycling pays, not only for the good it does for our planet but also for the coffers of the township. Recycling of pure aluminum pays even more. The Township gets $940 per ton for recycled aluminum but only 50 cents per ton...
Warwickshire Waste Partnership has launched its 'Aerofoil' awareness initiative as part of the county's campaign for residents to 'Slim Your Bin'. The Aerofoil campaign has been funded by industry regulator Alupro to encourage households to recycle aerosol cans and foil containers in their kerbside...
