According to SMM survey statistics, the operating rate of the secondary aluminium alloy industry in September was 35.0 per cent, up 3.1 percentage points M-o-M but down 6.7 percentage points Y-o-Y. Industry production continued its recovery trend, but the overall operating level remained below the same period last year. On the demand side, September marked the traditional peak consumption season, with downstream orders recovering from August. End-use demand from automobiles and other sectors improved marginally, but the peak season effect has yet to fully materialise. According to CAAM data, automobile production in September was 2.99 million units, up 11.4 per cent M-o-M but down 8.7 per cent Y-o-Y. NEV production was 1.814 million units, up 12.2 per cent Y-o-Y. CAAM noted that China's...
Europe’s aluminium scrap exports to the US have risen by 243 per cent, highlighting a growing concern over the continent’s access to strategic raw materials as it pursues recycling, decarbonisation and industrial competitiveness. Evangelos Mytilineos, Executive Chairman of METLEN, raised the issue, linking scrap outflows to the broader challenges facing European industry, energy security and strategic autonomy. Aluminium scrap outflows raise industrial concerns Mytilineos referred to the contrasting US tariff treatment of aluminium products, i.e., a 50 per cent tariff on primary aluminium, compared with zero tariff on scrap . With European aluminium scrap exports to the US increasing by 243 per cent, he questioned whether Europe could strengthen its industrial base while allowing valuable...
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On Friday, December 16, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that Real Alloy has successfully been certified with the ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) and Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V1 (2017) for its wrought alloy and cast alloy factories located in Coldwater North Michigan and for recovering aluminium scrap at its Coldwater South plant (USA). REAL Alloy's global corporate headquarters in Ohio (USA) has also received a dual ASI Certification for its central, strategic, and administrative management duties. Molten aluminium, deox cones, and specification alloy sows are the main products of the recycling plant, whilst a large variety of specification alloys for use in the car industry are produced in the casting facility. As well as core strategic, administrative, and service...
The prominent name in the aluminium recycling and ferroalloys segment, Arfin India, witnessed stock price pick up following the company's announcement that it received an export order from the Saudi Arabia-Middle East steel plant to supply aluminium deox worth $42.26 million (INR 350 crore). The company, however, also declared that the export order would be completed in four phases. Incorporated in 2001, the company boasts a progressive vision as well as the necessary industrial capacity to become a market leader. In metallurgy, deoxidization is a method of removing oxygen from steel. Most steelmaking operations use aluminium as a deoxidizer. Most often, aluminium is deoxidized in a ladle; in rare cases, it may also be added to the mould during continuous casting or ingot casting.
Pondy Oxides and Chemicals Limited has accomplished the installation of plant and machinery for the aluminium recycling/melting facility at its existing premises in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India and gained the required regulatory approvals and thereby inaugurated its commercial production on December 14 2022. Over the course of several months, the production at the recycling facility will be steadily increased to reach maximum levels. This will enable the business to satisfy the rising demand for aluminium. The Company constantly emphasises the circular economy and the importance of environmental responsibility and will continue to introduce more friendly projects and further contribute to the circular economy.
On December 15, 2022, the luxury automotive giant Mercedes-Benz and global leader in low-carbon aluminium production, Norsk Hydro, announced that latter will supply the German automaker with low-carbon aluminium for a range of models from 2023, including its electric EQ models, as the luxury carmaker plans to decarbonise its supply chain. The Mercedes-Benz brand already uses Hydro-supplied components and aims to become carbon-neutral by 2039 and use near-zero carbon aluminium by 2030. The electric car manufacturers are eyeing more aluminium usage to make them lighter to increase the vehicle's mileage, and the batteries contain lightweight metal. Markus Schaefer, the Chief Technology Officer at Mercedes-Benz, said, "This is an important signal to accelerate change in the aluminium industry...
According to a report published by Metal Packaging Europe and European Aluminium, the recycling rate of aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland stood robust at 73 per cent in 2020. The total volume of aluminium recycled from cans was 510,000 tonnes in the said year, reflecting an increase of more than 20,000 tonnes since the previous year. As a result, a total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions saving was 4.2 million tonnes of CO₂eq. But the recycling rate dipped slightly by 3 percentage points compared to 2019, while the consumption grew 8 per cent over the year. Can manufacturers (members of Metal Packaging Europe) and aluminium suppliers (members of European Aluminium) exalted the result stating the recycling rate increased despite...
For several centuries, human civilisation has exploited the resources found on earth. When matters of great concern, like global warming and carbon emissions, are hammering hard on the conscience, we are trying to move toward more sustainable methods to nip the evil from the bud. The primary methods used to discard these social problems are recycling and reusing. Not only big companies but smaller organisations are also adopting practices pertaining to that, with the primary objective of achieving Net-Zero carbon by 2050. Carbon is highly harmful to the atmosphere, and increased amounts in the air can cause temperatures to rise and icebergs to melt. It would not be long before humans face another great flood that our religious texts allude so prominently. Humans cannot get rid of all the...
In a move to encourage school students towards recycling, the City of York Council, in collaboration with Alupro, launched a festive-themed competition for primary school students. With the council now able to collect aluminium foil at the kerbside, the project seeks to improve public awareness of the value of recycling, particularly during the holiday season when package quantities rise. Children were asked to draw a festive A4 poster using old (but clean) aluminium foil. The best design will get a £50 cash reward, and their school will get vouchers worth £500 for eco-friendly materials and projects. The competition started on November 28 and will continue till December 31. “At Christmas, aluminium foil can be found all around your home. From mince pie and roasting trays, to foil...
The United States aluminium scrap imports in September 2022 stood at 50,200 tonnes, down by 9.39 per cent or 5,200 tonnes month-on-month from 55,400 tonnes, and 14.04 per cent or 8,200 tonnes less than 58,400 tonnes a year ago, found the US Census Bureau data. In the third quarter of 2022, the import volume totalled 163,700 tonnes, reflecting a decline of 8.65 per cent quarter-on-quarter from 179,200 tonnes. It is to be noted here the United States’ aluminium scrap imports declined gradually through each month of Q3. Prior to September, the import volume decreased in August by 4.65 per cent to 55,400 tonnes, while that in July dropped by 5.22 per cent from 61,300 tonnes to 58,100 tonnes. From January to September 2022, the United States imported 494,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap in total,...
European solutions provider for carton packaging and filling machines, SIG Combibloc Group Ltd (SIG), has allotted US$1.9 million in funding to enhance the available technology to acquire a better value-added method of recycled aseptic cartons in Brazil. To promote recycling, polymers and aluminium from used aseptic carton packs will be extracted utilising the newly developed technology. The retrieved aluminium and polymer will then be sold in the commercial market for respective sectors that bid for raw materials, industrialising the entire loop. A subsidiary of Onex Corp, SIG seems quite certain that this is the company's ever initiative in the Brazilian sector. The polyethene and aluminium concoction (PolyAl or polyaluminium) is derived from end-of-life aseptic carton packs. The...
Birmingham’s Aston University has collaborated with Midland-headquartered cast house technology experts via a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to plan new energy-saving ways of recycling aluminium, which might save almost 50 per cent of the total consumption demanded by the process. This latest alliance with Mechatherm International Ltd was forged immediately after the successful accomplishment of the company’s first partnership with Aston University, which led to the discovery of a more smart designing technique for furnaces and auxiliary equipment for the aluminium sector worldwide. The joint venture brought out more intricate blueprints, high-end automation solutions and algorithms. Usually, KTP refers to a three-way relationship between an established business, an academic partner...
The Crewe community group consisting of 200 environment enthusiasts, has bagged a national recycling award for collecting over 200,000 aluminium beverage cans in the last ten years. The Crewe Clean Team, a 'committed' volunteer club, has been anointed by a Green Can Award from the non-profit organisation, Every Can Counts to uphold their positive contributions. The team carries on community litter-picking initiatives along the suburbs of Crewe and the surrounding local areas. They usually collect, separate and recycle aluminium. Since their foundation in 2012, the team has successfully collected and recycled more than thousands of cans diverting them from being dumped in landfills. They primarily focus on aluminium since it is infinitely recyclable and can retain the original properties...
The quota for aluminium packaging recycling has augmented consecutively in the third quarter, as the Q3 data presented by the Environment Agency in November states. The recycling rates are being monitored severely, with reports notifying that they might surpass the annual target. The duration between July to September 2022 witnessed an accumulated 37,815 tonnes of aluminium packaging being separated for recycling purposes. Aluminium scrap extracted via kerbside and on-the-go systems added up to almost 28,003 tonnes, whereas another 9,491 tonnes were retrieved from incinerator bottom ash (IBA), and about 322 tonnes were collected from auxiliary recycling drives. The annual collection requirement has been calculated to be 147,632 tonnes; therefore, an excess of 8,212 tonnes can be broadly...
The commercial manufacturing of aluminium cast alloys has begun at Gravita Togo SAU's new recycling facility, with an annual capacity of about 4,000 MTPA in phase 1. The company expects additional revenue of approximately INR 60 crore per year from the new capacity, with gross margins of roughly 26%. Additionally, the company established a reliable scrap collection network before opening the factory and has been sourcing scrap from Togo for the past three years. Similar facilities for recycling aluminium already exist for the corporation in Tanzania, Senegal, Mozambique, and India. This is consistent with the company's international goal of expanding its recycling operations. The Group has injected approximately INR 11 crores in the procurement and commissioning of the new recycling...
Aluminium's availability and mechanical characteristics have made it an increasingly popular metal. Primary processes, however, involve very high transformation costs, especially regarding energy. As a result, recycling has gained ground from an environmental and economic standpoint. Anthony Tropeano, President of TT CONSULTING INC. and an Advisory Board Member of AlCircle Aluminium scrap and its possibilities for recycling were introduced in the 1970s when there were signs of problems in secondary alloys resulting from various impurities generated by recycling aluminium. As early as 1979, the Financial Times discussed issues associated with domestic contaminants in aluminium recycling processes. The connection between aluminium and solar photovoltaic energy had already been studied in...
The Council of State (Netherlands) announced that the aluminium can deposit scheme will be executed by April 1, 2023, and not on January 1, 2023, as proposed earlier by Vivianne Heijnen, state secretary for the environment in the Netherlands. As per the reports, since there won't be enough machines by the start of next year for the system to work, the top administrative court decided to delay the rollout of the deposit scheme. Additionally, stores' manual gathering would create several practical issues. Enraged environmental organisations have responded by alleging that the corporate world deliberately obstructed the new system's implementation. The Council of State considers that this approach serves the public interest better than a gradual implementation. The importance of the system's...
The aluminium recycling sector has witnessed enormous initiative this week, with Vivarail seeking a new administrator to run its aluminium train refurbishing business, an operation that has largely benefited the London Railways for many years. Trivium Packaging, a global provider of packaging solutions, has locked a deal with Alupro, a recycler of end-of-life aluminium packaging, to widely propagate UK's Aerosol Recycling Initiative. Trivium assured Alupro of full support on financial grounds. As the world is moving toward sustainability with big brands leading the movement, Manush Labs, an MIT spin-off, joined in agreement over a 'Clean Technology Start-up Challenge' to achieve Net Zero by 2050. A total of 37,815 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling between July and...
On November 2, 2022, Constellium SE announced that it is leading a new consortium of automakers and suppliers to develop lower carbon, lower cost aluminium extrusion alloys. The £10 million CirConAl (Circular and Constant Aluminium) project, funded by a grant from the UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), intends to optimize the use of post-consumer scrap in a new generation of high-strength alloys that release less than two tonnes of CO2 each tonne of aluminium produced. CirConAl is part of a joint government and industry effort to build an end-to-end supply chain for zero-emissions vehicles in the United Kingdom. The project is anticipated to demonstrate that high-strength alloys with a high recycled content may meet or surpass OEM requirements, such as strength, crushability,...
Pakmule, a New Braunfels-based carrier company, is different from other carrier companies since their product is entirely manufactured of aluminium that is around 70 per cent recycled. The Swayback pro aluminium hitch rack weighs 40 pounds and holds the strength to carry 650 pounds of goods. The business continues to manufacture each of its goods in the United States using recycled aluminium, and it donates a part of its earnings to groups that support wildland conservation. The Pro series units' pipe frame design is intended for massive gear and heavy loads. They are self-cleaning, won't hold dirt or muck, and offer many areas allowing the customers to wrap the MULEstraps around the luggage to keep them in place. Despite having the same cargo-carrying footprint as the other hatchbacks,...
