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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The Manchester-based forerunner for waste management, Peel NRE has provided a scheme to construct a circle of recycling units within the territory of the broader Ince Park site in Ellesmere Port. The installations will aim at separating plastic from aluminium in foils and recycling them separately for renewed materials. The report has been notified as an important one and has been put down for approval. Aluminium is inserted in layers during the production of aseptic cartons because it diminishes the chance of oxidation and light damage, keeping perishable food safe with only preservatives and no necessary refrigeration. The facility chain, also known as Resource Recovery Park (RRP) or Protos, is spread over 331 acres of land at the Ince Marshes. Peel NRE and part Peel L&P applicant,...
The leading provider of hazardous waste recycling services, Befesa S A which enables the circular economy within the steel and aluminium industries, has released its ESG Report for 2021. Befesa has published its ESG Report following its publication of the 2021 Annual Report in March, which delivers an insight into the developments attained in ESG during 2021 and also an update on the main ESG performance indicators. Now this year, Befesa devotes a distinctive chapter to Climate Change, where it is detailed how Befesa is positioned regarding this important challenge. Befesa is fully committed to making strong contributions toward creating a more sustainable society as part of the circular economy. Befesa has been very successful in achieving its ambition to improve its recycling capacity...
According to a report on Wednesday, June 29, the plant manager at Hydro Karmøy, Ingrid Guddal, has been promoted to Operational Director for the company’s new aluminium recycling plant in Cassopolis, Michigan. Guddal worked at Hydro Karmoy primary aluminium plant for four years, since 2018. She started her career from Hydro as a trainee in 1993 and gained extensive experience from varied management roles. She headed the local start-up team in Azuqueca, Spain, and later on appointed as plant manager. She was also the casthouse manager at Søral (now Hydro Husnes) and HR Business Partner and other management positions at Hydro Husnes. She comes with a master’s degree in Process Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, and an Executive MBA in Strategic Management from the...
Delta Air Lines has introduced the first contactless credit cards made of recycled aircraft aluminium for its passengers in the USA. The Boeing 747 cards have a composition of 25 per cent aeroplane metal and layers of polymers as a protection to the aluminium, along with saving the gateway antenna that ensures contactless payments. The biggest paradox faced by the company was how could they dismantle the aircraft’s main body, the fuselage and mould it into an alloy to be given a credit card’s shape. After a study and development process of one year, Delta was sure the aeroplane metal could supplement a credit card’s founding material in durability and texture so, a team of metal smiths began dismembering the aircraft. Soon, they transformed the aluminium exterior into a material that...
On Sunday, July 3, a team of four members from Every Can Counts will be competing in Red Bull’s renowned Soapbox Race. The main goal behind this participation is to motivate individuals to responsibly dispose of their used beverage cans by emphasising both the endless recycling potential of cans and the diverse applications of aluminium. To complete the course in front of tens of thousands of people at London's Alexandra Palace, the team created and constructed a soapbox with a recycling theme. The part-can, part-plane soapbox racer from Every Can Counts will compete against 70 other teams on an uphill, obstacle-filled course in the hopes of finishing first. Every Can Counts is a non-profit communication programmer designed to motivate, empower, and inspire individuals to recycle their...
Coca-Cola Middle east and French Veolia Group have intertwined in a partnership where they would provide cost-free, door-to-door recycling services in the UAE with a unified intention to begin a waste sorting arrangement through an efficient recyclable collection scheme. RECAPP, the brainchild of Veolia, will take its first step towards plastic and aluminium waste collection. The companies aim at transforming various packaging waste materials into usable items with the primary intention to stop the endless dumping carried out in landfills. In 2021, Coca-Cola also acknowledged the launch of RECAPP as a pilot, a recycling solution offered by Veolia, the universal benchmark company for ecological transformation. The firms are enlisted as Circle Coalition partners working together to close...
Aluminium is a highly durable metal that can be recycled again and again without losing its inherent value. Compared to making the same amount of aluminium from scratch, recycling aluminium saves 95% of the energy. Metal recycling isn't always as straightforward as it should be. Among the metals recyclable, steel is the most challenging to recycle, while aluminium is the easiest. Even though aluminium recycling is easy, it isn't the most recycled metal. Chile is one of the most industrialized economies in Latin America, with key industries including mining, manufacturing, and agriculture . The nation exported aluminium scrap in the volume of 62,273 tonnes during 2019-21, which raised earnings of around $77.69 million from the export. In 2019, Chile exported 17,692 tonnes of aluminium...
On 21 st June 2022, the aluminium rolled product manufacturer Gränges rolls out its product brand for sustainable and circular solutions, Gränges Endure. The brand allows customers to select sustainable aluminium products and solutions of the highest quality with the least impact on the environment. The materials used in Gränges Endure products are low-carbon and recycled. Sofia Hedevåg, the SVP Sustainability at Gränges, said, “We are very proud to announce Gränges Endure, our new sustainable product brand. The brand will help our customers decarbonize their products and meet the demands of climate-conscious end-users. By choosing Gränges Endure, our customers help us make the aluminium industry and society at large more sustainable.” According to third-party verification, Gränges Endure...
The United States exported 10,100 tonnes of aluminium scrap to South Korea in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q2022), which on a Y-o-Y calculation nosedived by 54,900 tonnes or 84.46 per cent from 65,000 tonnes in 1Q2021. On a Q-o-Q comparison, a major decline of 81,400 tonnes or 88.96 per cent was recorded in 1Q2022, from 91,500 tonnes in 4Q2021. As per the latest USGS statistics, the United States exported 3,710 tonnes of aluminium scrap to South Korea in March 2022, which hiked by 90 tonnes or 2.48 per cent M-o-M from 3,620 tonnes in February 2022. In February 2022, a surge of 870 tonnes or 31.63 per cent was witnessed from 2,750 tonnes in January. On a Y-o-Y calculation, a dropdown of 15,990 tonnes or 81.16 per cent was recorded in March 2022, from 19,700 tonnes in March 2021. The total...
BrewDog, a Scottish drinks company, has committed itself to reduce its carbon footprint with the new construction of a green gas plant that will generate energy to produce more than 176 million pints of beer per year at the company’s Ellon production base in Scotland. BrewDog claims that its new bio-energy plant worth £12 million can reduce carbon emissions by 7,500 tonnes per year when operating with its total capacity. During the second half of Thursday, June 16, the plant was revealed by BrewDog authorities. Recycling is an indispensable part of the aluminium industry which is both viable and sensible economically, technically and ecologically. It also saves energy, as it only consumes 5 percent of the total energy required to generate aluminium from its ore, which means lesser carbon...
Sunalco Alloys Pvt Ltd has joined ASI as a member of the Production and Transformation group. Sunalco Alloys Pvt. Ltd. is a non-ferrous metal recycling company that makes various grades of aluminium alloys as a final product. They serve as a vital link between scrap collectors, processors, recyclers, and manufacturers, thus completing the recycling loop. Founded in 2005, the company has developed dramatically over the last decade, increasing its manufacturing capacity year after year and becoming one of the industry's global leaders. For High Pressure Die Casting, LPDC, Sand, and Gravity Die Casting, Sunalco Alloys met the different needs of clients in conventional and unique alloys. The current facilities of Sunalco include six reverberatory type aluminium melting furnaces, each with a...
In 1Q2022, the United States exported 20,900 tonnes of aluminium scrap to Mexico, which reflected a downfall of 24,200 tonnes or 53.65 per cent Y-o-Y from 45,100 tonnes in 1Q2022. In 4Q2022, the amount of aluminium scrap exported by the United States to Mexico closed at 40,000 tonnes, which on a Q-o-Q calculation recorded a decline of 19,100 tonnes or 47.75 per cent in 1Q2022. According to the USGS data, the amount of aluminium scrap exported to Mexico by the United States in March 2022 closed at 8,460 tonnes, which hiked by 17.01 per cent or 1,230 tonnes M-o-M from 7,230 tonnes in February 2022. In February 2022, a surge of 2,020 tonnes or 38.77 per cent was recorded from 5,210 tonnes in January 2022. On a Y-o-Y calculation, the amount had nosedived by 9,140 tonnes or 51.93 per cent in...
Nothing a UK-based privately held consumer tech company has announced that its first smartphone titled, ‘Phone (1)’ will be finally revealed to the customer on July 12. As per Carl Pei, the CEO and co-founder of Nothing, the smartphone is constructed using 100 per cent recycled aluminium. On June 13, the company released a teaser picture of the much-awaited smartphone, revealing that the Nothing Phone (1) is likely to flaunt flat edges and rounded corners. As per the data, Nothing's worldwide growth efforts will be aided by O2, Telekom Deutschland, and Flipkart, bringing phone (1) one step closer to its summer arrival. “When we started Nothing we wanted to bring back the excitement we once felt for the tech industry. Joining forces with leading telcos and retailers, we look forward to...
According to the USGS data, the United States imported 151,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap from Canada in 1Q2022, which registered a drop of 16,000 tonnes or 9.58 per cent Y-o-Y from 167,000 tonnes in 1Q2021. In 4Q2021, the total amount of aluminium scrap imported from Canada by the United States settled at 94,100, highlighting a Q-o-Q hike of 56,900 tonnes or 60.46 per cent in 1Q2022. As per the data, the amount of aluminium scrap imported from Canada by the United States in March 2022 settled at 33,000 tonnes, which on M-o-M basis surged by 7,800 tonnes or 30.95 per cent from 25,200 tonnes in February 2022. In February 2022, the amount of aluminium imported from Canada was pegged at 25,200, which declined by 1,800 tonnes or 6.66 per cent from 27,000 tonnes in January. On Y-o-Y...
The exponential growth in global demand for aluminium has made sustainable management of the metal critical. Aluminium usage in the transportation sector has increased due to the transition to a sustainable society with lightweight electric vehicles. Aluminium recycling is therefore essential to prevent the waste stream from going to landfills. Due to the high energy consumption and waste generation during primary aluminium production, it has a higher environmental impact than secondary aluminium production. Other than the agricultural sector, the strongest sectors industrial sectors of the Serbian economy are automotive, machinery, energy and mining. The automotive and machinery sectors produce a good amount of metal scrap other than post-consumer scrap. The landlocked nation in...
A worldwide provider of multi-material impact energy management and lightweight body structures to the automobile industry, Shape Corp. has collaborated with the global leader in aluminium production, Hydro for the first time in the US market will be manufacturing automotive components applying Hydro CIRCAL containing a minimum of 75% post-consumer aluminium scrap. Hydro’s researched product Hydro CIRCAL® has been certified by third-party auditors DNV GL and has a CO2 footprint of 2.3 kg CO2e/kg aluminium, which is significantly less. CIRCAL® is supposed to cut CO2 emissions by 70% if compared with the North American average for aluminium, including Scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Hydro has a very advanced processing technology enabling it to manufacture material having the highest...
Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP), a beverage can group from New York, is now receiving supply-demand from a varied base of customers, both new and old, for a long term partnership in the Southwestern parts of Europe and Middle East Africa (MEA). The company has decided to expand its La Ciotat facility in France, eyeing this emerging demand for its products. This investment will strengthen the company’s position in those terrains. This ‘significant investment’ in the facility is being upheld, by Bpifrance and Sud Attractivité, two French investment banking organisations. Since its inception in 1991, AMP’s La Ciotat facility has been one of the largest providers of employment in the region, so this extension will not attract a new workforce but also create additional 80 new positions at the...
Now recycling coffee capsule is possible at home as RePodder has introduced the world’s most efficient aluminium coffee pod recycling solution using your existing kerbside bin. This will contribute to reducing carbon footprint, while returning valuable aluminium to the circular economy. This is an alternate method to aluminium coffee capsule recycling. It is fun to crush the capsules and get quick access to coffee grounds to nourish garden or compost heap. Then simply insert the crush aluminium pods into an aluminium beverage can so that they don’t fall through the filters at the recycling facility. This finally gives a 100 per cent sustainable option to the increasing number of eco-conscious coffee drinkers to recycle at home, at any time of the day. Recycling aluminium consumes less...
