Germany’s aluminium scrap trade showed signs of recovery in the first half of 2026, with exports to the world reaching 616,000 tonnes, up 4.58 per cent from 589,000 tonnes in H1 2025. The increase was even more pronounced against the second half of 2025, with H1 2026 shipments rising 7.50 per cent...
Emirates Global Aluminium has completed its acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in Italy's Eco Green, strengthening its aluminium scrap collection, sorting and recycling network across Europe. Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is expanding its aluminium recycling business in Europe with the completed...
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The negotiations that took place in early September 2023 in the Kanto region between prominent secondary aluminium alloy producers and raw material wholesalers have brought to the forefront a significant trend. This trend signifies a consecutive second rise in the purchase price of aluminium raw...
Leaked information from meetings this week suggests that the already postponed start date for the UK's deposit return scheme is looking even more like a 'non-starter,' with 2026 now proposed as the earliest likely alternative. The government was advised that the October 2025 start date for the UK's...
US aluminium scrap imports from Canada recovered in May 2023 after a drop in the previous month. According to the US Census Bureau data, the import volume increased 6.99 per cent month-on-month to reach 35,200 tonnes in the said month. In April, the United States aluminium scrap imports from Canada...
Aluminium waste and scrap falling under HS code 760200 represent a significant component of the global recycling industry. This code refers to unwrought aluminium residues and scrap, which includes various forms of discarded aluminium, such as profiles, sheets, plates, rods, and other shapes....
The aluminium industry is highly energy intensive, generating almost 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, causing 2% of the global emissions affiliated with human activities. However, recycling post-consumer aluminium products can divert almost 90 million of CO2 from the atmosphere and...
The Sunshine Coast is nearing construction of a new $40.5 million material recycling facility (MRF), which is expected to be operating by the end of the year. The MRF will be able to process 60,000 tonnes or more of aluminium cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic containers, cardboard, paper, and...
Northvolt, a Swedish battery manufacturer, in partnership with EMR, a British metal recycling firm, has opened a recycling plant in Hamburg, Germany. This facility is a crucial part of Northvolt's recycling strategy, with an expected capacity of processing 10,000 tonnes of battery packs annually....
The U.S. government has proposed a $7 billion (for starters) investment for a much-needed advancement in clean hydrogen generation, which can be made possible with GH Power's groundbreaking technology that uses recycled aluminium and water to produce pure hydrogen. The hydrogen generated by the...
Recycling is an integral part of a sustainable environment, and the aluminium industry is experiencing substantial development with a strong focus on sustainability, in which recycling plays an important part, making it a top priority for manufacturers and consumers. Six new recycling initiatives...
According to the US Census Bureau data, the United States exported 30,900 tonnes of aluminium scrap to Malaysia in May 2023. Compared to 34,100 tonnes in the previous month, the US aluminium scrap exports recorded a decline of 3,200 tonnes or 9.38 per cent. The downtrend continued from the previous...
Chandrayan-3’s Vikram lander, making Indians proud worldwide, has successfully dispersed the Pragyan rover on the Moon’s surface. This makes India the first country to soft-land on Moon’s South Pole, creating history. But what intrigued us the most was what followed after the landing. On August 23,...
A 37-year-old artist from Nigeria has figured out the most innovative way to create art with a sustainable approach toward it. Chibuike Ifedilichukwu collects and recycles aluminium cans to design bigger-than-life portraits of famous personalities to raise awareness in his nation. A photographer,...
The landscape of India's imported aluminium scrap market showcased a blend of trends this week, with nuances across different regional sectors. The infusion of offers remained constrained, predominantly attributed to the roller-coaster ride in the future, a factor that played into the reduction of...
Novelis, a leading aluminium flat-rolled products company, recently announced a significant achievement in the industry. According to the company, recycled aluminium made up an average of 61% of its total inputs in the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2023. This impressive figure is due to Novelis'...
Reducing Embodied Energy and Decreasing Emissions (Remade) Institute, located in Rochester, New York, has successfully designed a “technological innovation capable of removing metallic impurities from recycled aluminium melts, thereby improving the quality of the aluminium and allowing it to be...
Researchers from the University of Bayreuth in Germany have brainstormed a brand new method of recycling aluminium-plastic composite (APL) films, usually found in packaging solutions for potato chips worldwide. Through this newly discovered novel process, researchers are recreating energy-efficient...
Scientists have warned us about the harrowing effects of Global Warming and pollution for the past few decades, but until it hits us hard and we start feeling the change in temperature, we are not bothered by such consequences. After experiencing the heat waves through the hottest month in human...
India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States have been portraying steady growth since the beginning of 2023. Of all the earlier months, May saw the highest sequential increase of 20.85 per cent to 48,100 tonnes. In April, India’s aluminium scrap imports from the US stood at 39,800 tonnes,...
