
Commodity price volatility continues to create a significant commercial challenge for aluminium recyclers, affecting inventory valuation, purchase decisions, sales commitments and margins. As businesses navigate increasingly dynamic metal markets, understanding how to identify and manage price...
A WBCSD study says advanced sorting technology is available, but stronger demand for grade-specific secondary aluminium is needed to unlock investment. Technology for sorting mixed aluminium scrap has advanced significantly, but weak domestic markets for some recovered grades are limiting...
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Futures: In yesterday's night session, the most-traded SHFE aluminium 2511 contract opened at RMB 20,790 per tonne, with the highest price at RMB 20,840 per tonne, the lowest price at RMB 20,750 per tonne, and closed at RMB 20,800 per tonne, up RMB 20 per tonne or 0.10per cent from the previous...

Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has urged the aluminium industry to adopt advanced scrap sorting methods to unlock higher-value recycling opportunities. In a recent chart published on its website, the firm noted that 68 per cent of aluminium scrap is post-consumer and over half of it is collected in...

National Environmental Recycling Co., popularly known as Tadweeer, has signed a landmark agreement with Chinese automaker Chery to establish an aluminium smelter in Saudi Arabia, announced Tadweer’s CEO Nasser Aldueb announced in an interview with Al Arabiya TV. The project, to be located over...

Yesterday, aluminium prices edged down, while secondary aluminium market quotes varied, with some falling by RMB 100 per tonne and others holding steady. Since September, downstream demand has seen mild recovery, but peak season performance has fallen short of expectations. As the National Day...

This summer, Every Can Counts (ECC) has recycled more than 75,000 aluminium cans in the United Kingdom and Ireland in coordination with various leading beverage brands. Over the past few months, the recycling initiative of Every Can Counts (ECC) has joined forces with significant brands like Red...

Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy ad2512 futures contract opened at RMB 20,320 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 20,480 per tonne and a low of RMB 20,310 per tonne, and closed at RMB 20,325 per tonne, up RMB 5 per tonne or 0.02 per cent from the previous close. Trading volume was...

Brazil’s aluminium recycling success story is about to get a new chapter. Alugreen has announced plans to establish a state-of-the-art recycling plant in Linhares, Espírito Santo, an ambitious project backed by an initial investment of R$45 million (USD 8.47 million). Linhares is a city located in...

Overall, influenced by the US Fed's interest rate cut realisation, macro sentiment was under pressure, while fundamentals saw a tug-of-war between longs and shorts: cost rigidity and pre-holiday stockpiling demand provided support, but weak demand recovery and inventory buildup risks posed...

A massive fire late Tuesday night forced the shutdown of Novelis’ aluminium plant in Scriba after flames tore through the roof and damaged the facility’s hot mill. Image for representational purpose The blaze began just after 10 pm at 448 County Route 1A, according to Oswego County 911 dispatchers....

Scotland’s circular economy has been quantified in hard numbers for the first time, with a new economic study placing its contribution at GBP 7.11 billion in gross value added (GVA) in 2021. The valuation represents 4.7 per cent of Scotland’s total GVA, or 3.9 per cent of GDP when including...

Futures: The most-traded cast aluminium alloy AD2511 contract opened at RMB 20,460 per tonne overnight, hit a high of RMB 20,560 per tonne and a low of RMB 20,405 per tonne, and closed at RMB 20,515 per tonne, up RMB 35 per tonne or 0.17 per cent from the previous close. Trading volume was 970...

Global leader in sensor-based sorting solutions, TOMRA Recycling, has launched FINDER™ COLOR, a new high-throughput solution designed to meet the evolving needs of the scrap metal recycling and e-scrap processing industries. The next-generation colour sorting system is engineered to deliver...

September 16, 2025 – Every Can Counts US, the lead program dedicated to catalysing away-from-home recycling of aluminium beverage cans, announced a major success from its spring and summer festival season. More than 75,000 aluminium beverage cans were collected and recycled across four major...

As Brussels pushes forward with the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and doubles down on its climate ambitions, the European aluminium sector is sounding the alarm on another missing piece in the policy puzzle: aluminium scrap. The call is not new, but it is urgent. As downstream...

9.15 SMM cast aluminium alloy morning comment Futures: On friday night, the most-traded cast aluminium alloy ad2511 futures contract opened at RMB 20,505 per tonne, with a high of RMB 20,650 per tonne and a low of RMB 20,475 per tonne, and closed at RMB 20,645 per tonne, up RMB 170 per tonne or...

Domestic aluminium scrap prices continued to climb this week, with single-day adjustments in some regions reaching RMB 300 per tonne. As of September 4, the SMM A00 price closed at RMB 20,860 per tonne, up RMB 250 per tonne w-o-w. Supply in the aluminium scrap market remained tight, particularly...

The global aluminium market is currently facing a tricky landscape filled with price fluctuations, changing trade patterns and an increasing focus on sustainability. From the rising scrap prices in China to India's growing influence in imports, along with policy changes in Europe and the energy...

Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, has made a move to enhance its aluminium recycling capabilities. It has commissioned a new, state-of-the-art shredding and sorting system from WENDT CORPORATION. The system will be installed at its Guthrie, Kentucky, recycling facility....