This week, domestic aluminium scrap prices in China remained largely stable, with some slight increases. Although primary aluminium prices rose notably, aluminium scrap struggled to catch up, and the price difference between A00 aluminium and aluminium scrap stayed high. In terms of prices, as of...
The aluminium industry stands at a juncture material quality, recycling capacity, cross-border cooperation, carbon compliance and energy security are falling into a network of interconnectivity. The aluminium supply chain is evolving from simply securing enough metal to securing the right quality,...
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Recycled aluminium producer Aluminum Dynamics LLC will invest more than USD 200 million to build a recycled aluminium slab centre in Lowndes County, Mississippi, creating 100 new jobs. The facility, to be located in the Golden Triangle Industrial Park, will recycle aluminium-bearing materials,...
Tom Bird, executive chairman at Enicor, explains why the free and fair global trade of recycled aluminium is essential in the development of a robust, resilient, circular supply chain. As protectionist tariffs, tighter regulation, rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions disrupt recycled...
It is not new to the aluminium recyclers anymore that price volatility has become a part of their business now. Factors like changing scrap prices, metal values that move between procurement and delivery, fluctuating currencies and commercial commitments often stretch across weeks or months....
The Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) has urged the Indian government to abolish the 2.5 per cent Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on aluminium scrap, arguing that the measure would support the country's recycling industry and strengthen the circular economy. In a letter addressed to the Prime...
Europe remained a major supplier of aluminium scrap to the global market during the first quarter of 2026. Although discussions on retaining more scrap within the region continued, export volumes remained much higher than imports. Demand from overseas secondary aluminium producers, together with...
As aluminium increasingly becomes a strategic raw material for decarbonisation and advanced manufacturing, the focus is no longer limited to primary metal production. From export restrictions and carbon pricing to import duties and circular economy measures, a growing wave of policy interventions...
Wychavon District Council has launched a new campaign in partnership with Alupro to encourage residents to recycle more aluminium foil and other aluminium packaging through its kerbside recycling scheme. The initiative, titled "Foil in Love with Recycling", follows the introduction of kerbside...
The UK has an ambitious aluminium scrap equation to solve. Domestic industry is forecast to require as much as 6 million tonnes of aluminium scrap for recycling by 2035 to support the government’s projected 8 million tonnes of aluminium demand across sectors. Yet much of the metal needed to support...
Aluminium scrap: This week, the aluminium scrap market continued to see a tug-of-war between cost-supported floors and sluggish off-season demand, with prices moving sideways. The SMM A00 spot aluminium price closed at around RMB 22,950 per tonne on July 9. The decline in aluminium scrap was...
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has called on the Centre to immediately notify the long-pending BIS standards for aluminium scrap, warning that a surge in imports could turn India into a dumping ground for substandard material. In representations submitted to the Ministry of Finance and...
Itochu and Daikin Industries will jointly start a business to recover aluminium from used commercial air conditioners in Japan. The initiative is aimed at increasing the use of recycled materials as Japan looks to reduce its dependence on imported aluminium amid supply chain disruptions linked to...
Italian metals sorting technology specialist SGM Magnetics S.p.A. has introduced a new recovery system or sorting lineto extract commercial metals from salt slag fines, a byproduct of secondary aluminium production, addressing one of the industry's most difficult recycling streams. SGM noted,...
At Sørkedalsveien 6, a 21,000 m² commercial building, the original façade is carefully dismantled and separated on-site before being transported to Stena Recycling in Halmstad, Sweden, for further sorting. It is then returned to Hydro’s recycling facility in Sweden, where the aluminium is...
Recycling non-ferrous metals like aluminium, lead, and plastics is becoming more important because it reduces the need for raw materials, improves recovery, and supports circular production. Aluminium recycling is especially valuable because it uses much less energy than primary aluminium...
As aluminium producers place greater emphasis on recycled metal, scrap has become an increasingly important part of the wider aluminium value chain. Against this backdrop, Germany entered 2026 with a shift in its export picture, as aluminium scrap shipments moved higher after declining on an annual...
Survey data on operating rates of secondary aluminium alloy enterprises by region and scale in June 2026: According to an SMM survey, the operating rate of the secondary aluminium industry in June 2026 fell 0.9 percentage points M-o-M from May to 33.3 per cent, a decline of 7.6 percentage points...
The Aluminum Association has urged US policymakers to adopt an "all-of-the-above" strategy to strengthen the country's aluminium supply chain, arguing that expanding both primary and secondary aluminium production is essential to meeting rising demand across transportation, packaging, defence,...
The Eldorado Civic Association is encouraging residents, holidaymakers and picnic-goers to recycle aluminium cans by depositing them at the organisation's collection site at 5939 California Avenue. According to commodities coordinator Ed Shrift, the association accepts aluminium cans 24 hours a...
