For aluminium recyclers, managing profitability is no longer only about securing scrap, improving recovery rates or controlling operating costs. The timing of purchases, inventory holding, price fixation and customer sales can also influence the final margin that must be achieved. When aluminium...
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...
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...With an aim to expand in the United States, Macquarie Harbour Mining (ASX: MHM) has made encouraging progress in US salt slag processing planning after working on-site in the US with Smelter Service Corporation, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and key regulatory officials...
...For long time most aluminum alloy ingot factories in China have purchased foreign aluminum scrap as their raw material. As aluminum scrap price is low comparatively in China, some factories of aluminum alloy ingot have expanded their buy of domestic aluminum scrap...
...Worldal reported that industry forecasts point toward 75% growth in aluminium recycling in the next decade. Mr Roland Scharf Bergmann head of Hydro's Recycling unit attributes the growth to a change in mindset and perceptions in our society...
...The Brazilian Aluminum Association (ABAL) and the Brazilian Association of Highly Recyclable Cans (ABRALATAS) informed on Thursday, October 28, that Brazil has recycled 98.2% of the total number of aluminum cans for beverages sold in the domestic market in 2009. According to data of these two...
...Industry forecasts point toward 75 percent growth in aluminium recycling in the next decade. Roland Scharf-Bergmann, head of Hydro's Recycling unit, attributes the growth to a change in mindset and perceptions in our society...
...Novelis Inc, a unit of Indian aluminium maker Hindalco Industries Ltd (HALC.BO: Quote), plans to raise $4 billion to refinance the loans borrowed by Hindalco in 2007 for its acquisition of Novelis, the Economic Times said on Wednesday...
...As a retired 84 year old salesman, George Ouellette continues to work six to seven hours a day walking in parks, along roads, and even searching through garbage, collecting cans and bottles to create smiles for children in need. Ouellette has collected over 100,000 cans since 2005, and has...
...Alcoa announced the launch of a free, user friendly iPhone application compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad that will make it fun and easy for consumers to recycle aluminum cans...
... UAE aluminium smelters pay trade visit to Japan. 0blt1. Japan secondary al alloy makers fail to get higher price for October ...
...In announcing the partnership, Alcoa Foundation also launched a unique ‘Download to Donate’ initiative, donating one dollar to Keep America Beautiful (KAB) for every FREE AluminateTM recycling app download, between America Recycles Day and Jan. 23, 2011, up to $50,000. The funding will further...
...RANSOM — The Western Plains High School Kansas Association for Youth organization is in the Area 5 District. During KAY camp the Area 5 president, Rachel Wasko from Rozel-Pawnee Heights, got together with the other Area 5 participants to discus their Area 5 project...
...Each of us uses about one 100- foot-tall Douglas fir tree in paper and wood products per year. Americans throw away enough aluminum every month to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet and enough glass bottles every two weeks to fill both the World Trade Center's former twin towers...
...Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today the launch of a free, user-friendly iPhone application compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad that will make it fun and easy for consumers to recycle aluminum cans...
...Alcoa /quotes/comstock/13*!aa/quotes/nls/aa (AA 12.87, -0.01, -0.08%) announced today the launch of a free, user-friendly iPhone application compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad that will make it fun and easy for consumers to recycle aluminum cans. The new app -- called Aluminate(TM) --...
...Australia-based Sims Aluminum Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of New York City-based Sims Metal Management, has officially opened its newest facility in Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. Helping inaugurate the new aluminum recycling facility, Australian Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin...
...Victoria’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings, on October 20, officially switched on state-of-the-art recycling machines at Sims Aluminium that will cut by 95% the amount of hazardous waste going to landfill from its aluminium recycling. Visiting Sims Aluminium secondary...
...Ma’aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, and Alcoa, on Sunday poured first concrete for the Middle East’s first fully integrated aluminum smelter and food grade can sheet rolling mill, at Raz as Zawr in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
...If you normally throw your empty soda cans in the trash, or even if you already recycle them, Jacob Price wants your help...
