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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German aluminum output of 428,369 tonnes between January and May was up 5.3% from the same period a year earlier. Mr Christian Wellner MD of GDA said that "The outlook for aluminum remains optimistic because customer industries are also continuing to develop positively. Germany's aluminum industry...
A new aluminum can recycling option, a can cottage, was set up July 20 at California Lanes by the River City Habitat for Humanity. Members of the California Area Chamber of Commerce were present for the ribbon cutting.
Hydro Aluminum, Linthicum, Md., has reported that its Extrusion North America unit recycled more than 220 million pounds of aluminum scrap in 2010. Of the total, about 60 percent was post-industrial scrap and 40 percent is described by the company as post-consumer scrap. The 220 million pound total...
Output of secondary aluminium smelters declined by 4.3 percent, preliminary GDA data showed.
A new township initiative will see if potential tax savings are enough to inspire residents to go beyond mere compliance with recycling laws. By having residents sort and deliver their own aluminum to the recycling center, the township could see a 170,000-percent increase in revenue from recycled...
Recently, China’s Custom released the initial statistics of the country’s aluminum scrap imports in June. The country imported 240,000 tonnes of aluminum scrap in June increased by 6.7% from a month earlier. Also, it soared by 7.1% YoY. In addition, the data also showed that China’s totaled...
Epping Forest District Council has expanded its recycling service to include empty aerosol cans, such as those used for deodorants and air fresheners, plus aluminium foil trays, such as those used for take-away food, pie cases and oven-ready meals. The carbon-busting move, which was rolled out last...
Select base metals rose at the non-ferrous metal market here today on good stockists buying amidst rising industrial demand despite bearish London Metal Exchange (LME) cues. Meanwhile, tin, aluminium and copper utensils scrap declined on subdued offtake from consumer as well as alloy industries....
Hydro Aluminum’s Extrusion North America unit reports that it recycled more than 220 million pounds of scrap aluminum in 2010. Of this, some 60 percent was post-industrial waste. The remaining 40 percent was post-consumer waste, representing an increase of nearly 20 percent over the preceding year....
Metal manufacturers are raiding the scrap heap to save money, pushing up demand–and prices–for recycled metal. Scrap prices are rising faster than primary metal, which is smelted for ore, in important markets like copper, aluminum and steel, as demand grows from U.S. manufacturers looking to save...
A proposed aluminum recycling waste landfill that received a permit Friday from state environmental regulators is opposed as unsafe by some Maury County residents, including a Mt. Pleasant city commissioner who expressed incredulity that the project was okayed.
Japan Metal Bulletin reported that Chinese secondary alloyed aluminum output will increase by 6.7% to 5.17 million tonnes in 2011 from 2010. According to Beijing Antaike Information Development, the growth slows due to slower domestic demand growth. Antaike expects Chinese government's fiscal and...
Strong demand lifts scrap metal prices faster than prices of "virgin" or new metal --Price gap between Comex copper and high-grade scrap copper shrank to 31 cents a pound from 49 cents a pound at the start of 2011 --Asian demand strains U.S. scrap supply NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Metal manufacturers...
Global aluminum fundamentals, such as output costs, inventory trends, scrap and secondary demand and primary aluminum output challenges, are sending signals of “attractive value” at current prices, says Harbor Intelligence. Analysts see limited downward moves from current levels and “high odds not...
Rolled aluminium giant, Novelis Inc., has made an investment of $15.8 million in the construction of a new line that will recycle painted scrap aluminium into the metal needed to produce rolled aluminium sheet. The new continuous casting line will be installed at the company's production facility...
Japan Metal Bulletin reported that Chinese secondary alloyed aluminum makers of Guangdong Longda Aluminum and Baoding Longda Aluminum Industry resumed full capacity operation after adjustment due to slow automobile demand since Japanese major earthquake. The joint owner of Tokyo based deoxidizing...
Reportedly, Alcoa announced on July 1st 2011 to invest USD 21 million analysis of aluminum recycling, energy saving and emission reduction. The facility will occupy 35,000 square foot and will take new technology to melt the aluminum scrap to produce aluminum slab which will be used to produce new...
Most of base metals declined at the non-ferrous metal market here today due to stockist selling amidst lacklustre trade on the back bearish global sentiment. Meanwhile, aluminium utensils moved up on better demand from consumer industries. The industrial metals ended lower at the LME on worries...
