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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Japan Metal Bulletin reported that secondary alloyed aluminum makers around Tokyo concluded price negotiation to decrease the selling price by JPY 4 per kilogram to JPY 6 per kilogram for June shipment at the after shipment negotiation. The makers had to reduce the price due to lower primary...
Novelis Inc., the world's largest producer of rolled aluminum and a global leader in aluminum recycling, today announced the investment of $15.8 million in the construction of a new continuous casting line at its production facility in Pieve Emanuele, Italy. The new line will recycle painted scrap...
Fluctuating fertiliser prices could become a thing of the past in the south if a dross recycling plant starting up at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is successful. Taha Asia Pacific expects to complete its $5 million dross recycling plant at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters' site by August. Taha...
Western world unwrought aluminium stocks rose to 1.573 million tonnes in May compared with a revised 1.537 million in April, industry data showed on Monday. Unwrought stocks stood at 1.303 million tonnes in May 2010, provisional data from International Aluminium Institute (IAI) figures showed....
Can Manufacturers Institute reported that aluminum can recycling has reached its highest level in 10 years, at a rate of 58.1 percent, in its annual report from June 15. According to the report the energy savings is equivalent to 17 million barrels of crude oil or the amount of gasoline consumed in...
The Aluminum Association (www.aluminum.org), the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) have announced the United States. recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans has reached 58.1 percent in 2010. In 2008, the Aluminum Association set a goal of...
As the global economy rebounds and demand for aluminum rises, the need for recycling of scrap metal increases, and China must play a big role in that if the secondary market is to expand. David Wilson, director of metals research, at Societe Generale, said recycling needs to take off in China,...
The order is for new investments in Stena Aluminum’s smelter in Älmhult, Sweden. Nederman will supply the plant with solutions for the filtration of the fumes generated in the smelting of returned aluminium products. Mr Staffan Persson MD of Stena Aluminum said that “Our operations are important...
Higher aluminum scrap prices are expected next year, according to 67% of participants in the Harbor Aluminum outlook conference in Chicago survey Wednesday. Of those survey participants, 48% say scrap prices are strategic to their bottom line. Structural Shift To Tighter Scrap Spreads – Harbor...
The US recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans reached 58.1% in 2010, slightly above the 2009 used beverage can recycling rate of 57.4% and marking its highest rate in over a decade. Nearly 56 billion aluminum cans were recycled in 2010, the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute and...
Aleris has named Steven A. Faas senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Faas joins the company today and will lead all Information Technology (IT) activities for the company, including global enterprise resource planning. Faas joins Aleris from Cerberus Operations and Advisory...
Mr Tetsu Takahashi senior MD of Japan’s Kobe Steel said that Japan’s aluminum can industry has recovered from the disaster. Also, the country’s beverage can producers have resumed the production after the disaster. According to data, Japan’s rolled aluminum production was 225,000 tonnes which were...
Helsinki, Finnland -- Stora Enso and its partner Alucha Recycling Technologies have been granted the 'Best of the Best' LIFE Environment Project award for 2010. This award is granted by the European Union to recognise projects that have a positive impact on the environment. Stora Enso and Alucha...
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has given a cautious welcome to yesterday's Waste Policy Review announcement, but has said that Government must go further to meet its zero-waste economy ambitions. Commenting on the review, Alupro executive director Rick Hindley said: "It's...
The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans has reached its highest level in a decade, with 58.1% of all cans recycled last year—a rate that is more than double that of any other beverage container, the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap Recycling...
Aleris today announced that it has expanded and moved its Asia-Pacific regional office in Shanghai to Unit 4, 28/F, Wheelock Square, No. 1717 Nanjing Road West. This office is the headquarters for Aleris (Shanghai) Trading Co. Ltd. activities and serves as Aleris's corporate office in the...
It is reported that DIN 226 recycled aluminum alloy price dropped to EUR 1,880 per tonne to EUR 1,930 per tonne from previous EUR 1,950 per tonne to EUR 2,000 per tonne in Europe. The price drop mainly resulted from current slow demand and recent weak LME aluminum prices coupled with high stock...
Worldal reported that Novelis Inc set a corporate wide commitment to reduce its carbon footprint. Their new sustainability commitment calls for an intensified focus on expanding the use of recycled materials, increasing post consumer recycling of aluminum products and accelerating the development...
