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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Aeropods, a company run by businessmen Kevin Regan and Shane Thornton hailing from Leitrim has introduced a phenomenal idea of turning old aeroplanes into living pods for human occupation. The duo has a water services company but this particular business is bringing in the bucks for them as the demand for sustainable living is high. Aluminium alloys are broadly utilized in the manufacturing of aircraft fuselages and other engineering structures and compounds in which lightweight and corrosion resistance are highly desired, so they are usually taken apart from one end to the other and then the parts are individually sent for recycling. But by transforming an entire aeroplane, the never-ending process of recycling and forging into other essential items can be omitted. This is somewhere good...
The economy of Yemen is a mixed economy, where there is limited private freedom, but the economy remains extremely controlled by the government. Civil war, corruption and economic mismanagement have driven Yemen to stand as one of the poorest of the world's low-income countries. Although crude oil production and petroleum refining remain the main backbone of Yemen’s industrial economy, however, aluminium products manufacturing and commercial ship repairing produce a good amount of aluminium scrap other than food used packaging. The Western Asian nation, Yemen exported 20,786 tonnes of aluminium scrap from 2019-to 21, which accounted for a $19.28 million inflow of foreign revenue from the export. Yemen exported 7268 tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2019, attracting earnings of around $8.57...
To keep up with the growing demand for sustainable products in North America, Granges will invest US$ 52 million to expand its recycling and casting operations in Huntingdon, Tennessee. This investment is crucial for the launch of near-zero carbon aluminium solutions in 2024; also the new cluster will be powered by renewable energy as a part of the Tennessee Valley Authority Green Invest project (TVA). Gränges is an aluminium technology company that encourages the development of lighter, smarter and more sustainable aluminium products and solutions. It also serves the consumers with advanced materials facilitating the manufacturing process and the performance of the final products. For more than 25 years, Gränges’ innovative engineering has upheld the face of Sweden by holding main...
On Monday, April 11, Alupro, the aluminium packaging and recycling organisation welcomed Scanmetals as its new member. Based in the United Kingdon, with operations in Scandinavia Scanmetals is a metal recycling company specializing in recovering non-ferrous metals from incinerator bottom ash created by Energy-from-Waste (EfW) plants. “We’re delighted to announce Scanmetals as the first IBA recovery specialist to join Alupro. It demonstrates the company’s commitment to engaging with new audiences, as well as communicating the important role of IBA in the circular economy of tomorrow to consumers. We look forward to exploring the ways in which we can work together and make a real difference to the aluminium packaging recycling industry,” said Tom Giddings, Executive Director of Alupro. The...
The total amount of aluminium scrap exported for January 2022 stood at 32,300 tonnes. On a month-on-month calculation there was a downfall of 146,700 tonnes or 81.95 percent from 179,000 tonnes in December 2021 which further plunged by 29,000 tonnes or 13.94 percent from 208,000 tonnes in November 2021. As per the USGS data, in January 2022, the total amount of scrap exported by the United States was recorded at 32,300. On a year-on-year calculation, the amount nosedived by 120,700 tonnes or 78.88 percent from 153,000 tonnes in January 2021. For January to December 2021 the total amount of aluminium scrap exported by the United States closed at 2,100,000 tonnes. In January 2022, India imported 11,300 tonnes of aluminium scrap to the United States, the highest scrap import for the month....
The smallest economy in the eurozone, Malta demonstrates a free market economy, which is heavily dependent on trade in both goods and services, primarily with Europe. The Maltese economy is a highly industrialised, service-based economy. However, it is classified as an advanced economy by the IMF and is contemplated as a high-income nation by the World Bank and an innovation-steered economy by the World Economic Forum. The major industries that generate aluminium scrap other than used aluminium food packing are Advance Manufacturing, aviation, construction, etc. The tenth smallest country in area, Malta exported 5423 tonnes of aluminium scrap during 2019-21, attracting $4.82 million from the export of scrap. In 2019, the Maltese export of aluminium scrap was documented at 2287 tonnes,...
The Egyptian market welcomed back Technal®, the French brand at the “Technal® World: Sustainability and Building Envelopes" conference held in Cairo this week, to mark the launch of Hydro CIRCAL. With a range of excellent and unique products and collaborations, Technal® is a pioneer provider of aluminium for doors, windows, and building facades in the Egyptian market. "We announced the launch of our latest product Hydro CIRCAL, in Egypt today, the world’s first certified minimum 75% post-consumer recycled Aluminum for doors windows and building facades,” said Sam Robinson, the managing director at Hydro Building Systems for the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. Zaha Hadid Architects from London, Mohamed Talaat - MT Architects from Egypt, Koltay Facades from Dubai, Front from the...
According to the latest data revealed by the US Geological Survey, the United States’ aluminium scrap imports opened the year in January 2022 with a month-on-month downfall. As per the data shown, the imports decreased by 1,700 tonnes or 3.51 per cent in January to come in at 46,700 tonnes. In December 2021, the United States aluminium scrap imports were 48,400 tonnes, also down by 1,700 tonnes month-on-month from 50,100 tonnes. On a year-on-year calculation, the US imports of aluminium scrap also registered a downfall of 6,600 tonnes or 12.38 per cent from 53,300 tonnes. In the entire year of 2021, the United States imported 680,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap, showed the USGS data. Canada, being the biggest exporter of aluminium scrap to the US, provided with 27,000 tonnes in January...
The per capita GDP of Jamaica is $4747, although, the Caribbean island nation ranks as one of the poorest countries in the North American continent regardless of being considered an upper-middle-income nation by the World Bank. The industrial economy of Jamaica depends on tourism, bauxite/alumina production and export, food processing, light manufacturing, rum (alcohol), cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications, etc. but still, the economy remains unstable, slow and shrivels by high debt rates. The aluminium scrap export of Jamaica during 2019-21 denoted 4588 tonnes in volume, which attracted $1.75 million from the export. The island nation exported 3621 tonnes of aluminium scrap, incurring a revenue inflow of around $827,297, whereas, in 2020, the export depicted a...
The metal aluminium is recognized as of the most recycled and recyclable materials in today’s use. As it is said that aluminium beverage can, car door or window frame are often recycled directly back into it and this procedure can happen infinitely. Now depending on the sort of scrap and the required product quality, various types of furnaces for melting aluminium scrap are used. The North African nation, Morocco is primarily a free-market country with some state control. Since 1990, the government has exceptionally limited its role in the economy, eliminating trade barriers and selling several state-owned enterprises. Morocco exported 52,499 tonnes of aluminium scrap during 2019-21, which incurred revenue earnings of around 60 million tonnes from the export. In 2019, the aluminium scrap...
Recycling aluminium is a simpler process in comparison to the process of alumina extraction from bauxite ore. A countrywide study carried out in the US shows the benefit of increasing the country’s aluminium can recycling rate. The above-stated research, named ‘Recycling Aluminium Cans Is Good Business’, was initiated by Ball Corporation, the world's leading provider of innovative, sustainable aluminium packaging for beverage, personal care and household products and Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), a consulting firm lending ideas to big businesses. The study unleashed a very important finding, that the current recycling bar of 38% if raised to 90% tops, could be very economic and environmental friendly for us human beings. Recycling aluminium is a very sustainable method since the...
The Western US State of California is holding a US$600 million stockpile of unsigned deposits of recyclable aluminium cans and bottles and of which now wants to give some of that back to users. The administration of California has revealed a plan, where the 40 million residents of the state to recycle more and send more deposits back to them by temporarily doubling to a dime the refund for a 355 millilitres bottle or can. For now, California pays US10 cents on containers over 24 ounces and that would temporarily double by US20 cents. To get the state's nearly 40 million residents to recycle more and send more deposits back to them, Governor Gavin Newsom's administration unveiled a plan to temporarily double to a dime the refund for a 12-ounce (355 millilitres) bottle or can. California...
The scrap metal of the aluminium is generated in various ways in the manufacturing process and used by the end-user. However, nowadays, the processing of aluminium scrap primarily chips and used drink cans have attracted increasing observation. Earlier, the usage of recycled or secondary scrap was a done in a little portion compared to the global aluminium industry’s production, while the situation has changed now due to the environmental impact and sustainability reasons. The World Bank has reported that the petroleum-based wealthy economy of Kuwait drives the nation to be the fifth richest in the world by gross national income per capita. A highly developed welfare state with a free-market economy, Kuwait exported 28,564 tonnes of aluminium scrap from 2019 to 2021, incurring revenue...
The production of aluminium from bauxite ore is an extensive process where specific costly items are required to gain alumina powder. Then the extracted alumina powder is sent down to refineries for aluminium production. The process to acquire aluminium more efficiently and quickly rather than this arduous process of extraction and smelting, as aluminium, a metal with excellent recycling properties, its scrap can be recycled through a process of re-melting and then forging it into any shape. The global metal and mining giant Rio Tinto has facilitated the construction of a new re-melting furnace in Quebec to keep up with the sustainability trend around the world. Australian aluminium manufacturers like Capral Extrusion and Tomago have joined hands to carefully carry out the re-melting of...
Podback, a Nestle and Jacobs Douwe Egberts joint venture in the U.K. is the first cross-industry alliance for the coffee consuming sector in the west. The Podback scheme was launched in 2021 and allows coffee pods from brands including Nespresso, Nescafé, and Tassimo to be recycled when customers return them via drop-off or kerbside collection, depending on location and availability. Pods are airtight containers of coffee equivalent to tea bags which are very important to the coffee machine. Warm water is forced with extreme pressure down the pod to brew the steaming hot coffee each time the release button is pressed. With the emergence of modernisation, human beings can barely afford some dedicated amount of time for a meal. To make the food search easy, companies have come up with ideas...
As per the USGS data, the United States exported a total of 4,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap to Indonesia in December 2021. On a month-on-month analysis, a downfall of 1,850 tonnes or 31.62 percent can be witnessed from 5,850 tonnes in November. In November 2021, Indonesia’s import of aluminium scrap from the United States closed at 5,850 tonnes, showing a decline of 610 tonnes or 9.44 percent from 6,460 tonnes in October. For the same year in October, Indonesia shipped 6,460 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the United States, which on a month-on-month forefront plunged by 910 tonnes or 12.34 percent from 7,370 tonnes in September 2021. The amount of aluminium scrap imported by Indonesia from the United States for September 2021 closed at 7,370 tonnes. As per the USGS data, on a...
The world’s leading aluminium dross processing company, Taha International Corporation has praised Bahrain’s commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2060. Patrick Pollmann, the Group CEO of Taha International Corporation commented while speaking at the ‘Industrial Sector's Role in Achieving Net-Zero Carbon’ forum, organized by the Environment Committee of the Alwane Bahrain Society said, “It is evident how serious the Kingdom is in its endeavour to achieve net-zero carbon by 2060, as announced by the government.” He also pointed out that the strategies of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) in this field are at par with international standards and serve as a role model for major industrial companies around the world. The forum was patronized by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and...
A contract has been signed between Capral Aluminium, Australia’s leading extrusion company, and Tomago Aluminium, Australia’s largest smelter, to supply approximately 550 tonnes of aluminium scrap annually for re-melting. This chain of conduct is the first of its kind, set in Australia and destined to carbon neutralise the country’s aluminium industries. “As far as we are aware this is the first commercial scrap arrangement for post-production scrap aluminium to be re-melted in Australia and we are very excited to be working on this with the team at Tomago Aluminium,” said Capral General Manager Supply and Industrial Solutions, Luke Hawkins. Re-melting aluminium is the secondary recycling of aluminium, totally opposite of the extraction process of alumina from bauxite. In aluminium...
