Hydro has joined Siemens Mobility, TSR Group and Voestalpine in the Train2Train pilot project aimed at recovering aluminium from decommissioned trains and recycling it into components for new rail vehicles. The project brings together the rail value chain, from train dismantling and material...
Canada is using a mix of federal funding, provincial recycling rules and private investment to build a stronger market for recycled aluminium. Over the past five years, policy changes and new projects have improved scrap collection, added remelting capacity and reinforced the country’s position as...
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The United States’ aluminium scrap exports to Malaysia skyrocketed in April 2022 standing at 24,100 tonnes, found the US Census Bureau data. On a month-on-month calculation, the exports registered a surge of 802.62 per cent from 2,670 tonnes. In the first three months of 2022, the United States...
Imperial Aluminium's anticipated expansion at a former industrial site on Bridge Street is being hampered by asbestos and lead contamination. Imperial Aluminum produces secondary aluminium alloys with facilities to service the Southeast and Midwest. As part of Imperial Aluminium's plans to raze...
Sustainable aluminium management has become more critical due to the exponential growth in global demand. Due to the shift to a sustainable society with lightweight electric vehicles, aluminium utilisation in the transportation industry has expanded. Recycling aluminium is therefore crucial to...
The City of Bendigo has agreed with the Solar Recovery Corporation, Eaglehawk Landfill, Strathfieldsaye and Heathcote Transfer Stations to set up specialised drop-off points taking in solar panels for free to be sorted separated and recycled. Headquartered in Australia, Melbourne, Solar Recovery...
The world's leading provider of reverse vending solutions, TOMRA Collection has landed with the market's smallest three-material reverse vending machine, TOMRA M1, lined up to deliver a plug-and-play solution that empowers smaller retailers to partake in deposit return schemes (DRS). According to...
Circular economy guidelines dictate that all products should be made in such a way so they can be later demolished and remodelled into end products once the original product has become unusable. Aluminium scrap is one of those foundation materials that can be remodified into a wide variety of new...
The recycled sector is of activities as residual items from the upstream sectors flow through this genre to be sorted and revitalised again. Runaya Refining, which was founded in 2017 by Annanya Agarwal and Naivedya Agarwal, entered the aluminium dross market and now has attained credit ratings of...
Connecticut Metal, North America’s leading recycler of aluminium foil and laminate scraps, reportedly recycled more than 50,000 tonnes of aluminium-containing materials at its Ansonia facility. Foil, paper, and polymer laminates used in the food, drug, and cosmetics sectors were recovered at this...
Founded in 1987, Alutrade, one of the well-sought aluminium recycling companies and extrusion specialists in the UK, claims to have invested between £1.2 million and £1.3 million to introduce better health and safety standards at the Midlands after the accidental demise of an employee in 2017. The...
Runaya Refining LLP has bagged greater credit ratings of ‘IND BBB+ from India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) as against the former ratings of ‘IND BBB’, while its short-term limits have been upgraded to IND A2. The advancement in credit ratings represents Runaya's improvement in net leverage for...
Almost every car today comes with light alloy wheels made of aluminium, which, with a weight of over 40 kilograms, account for a significant proportion of aluminium used in vehicles, with a newly developed aluminium recycling casting alloy called AlSi7. For the first time, REC can meet a car...
Aluminium is the metal of the future. It is one of the essential elements of the “Green Economy.” And in this run towards a sustainable environment, aluminium holds the most significant part. Due to its unique characteristics, it can be recycled repeatedly without losing its original value....
On August 3, Acer Malaysia unveiled a catalogue featuring the latest laptops for the local market, among which Acer Swift 5 made headlines with its approach to sustainability. The laptop is equipped with a CNC-machined chassis made of aerospace aluminium and 12th Gen Intel Core i7 and i5...
Aluminium is becoming increasingly popular as a new alternative to steel, especially in the production of electronics, building parts, kitchenware, jar lids and even transportation. In response, companies are using aluminium packaging instead of conventional metal packaging. The shift to a...
Cayman Islands Department of Environmental Health (DEH) currently wavered away two forty-foot containers packed with 35,407 lbs of aluminium cans, Type 1 & 2 plastic containers, utilised tyres, lead acid batteries and 2,475 gallons of oil. The shipment was transferred from Sister Islands to Grand...
As of June 2022, 124,600 tonnes of aluminium scrap were imported, up by 23.67 per cent M-o-M and 220.3 per cent Y-o-Y, as said by the most recent statistical data. Since late June, the customs examination of imported aluminium scrap was loosened. In the first half of 2022, imports totalled 630,400...
Aluminium as a metal is not just strong or sturdy but also holds the highest recyclability character. It can be recycled multiple times without losing its actual attributes. And a key part of Hydro's plan for a sustainable future is effectively recycling pre- and post-consumer aluminium scrap ....
Aluminium is one of the most profitable metals to scrap and it is the most vital input material to the recycling process. Aluminium scrap is generally labelled as ‘new scrap’ from production processes and ‘old scrap’ from post-consumer use. New scrap arises during the manufacturing of aluminium...
