BAMA is bringing together the aerosol industry to develop a more consistent recycling message and strengthen consumer understanding of aerosol sustainability. The British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) is calling for industry-wide collaboration to improve how aerosol recycling is...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The global industry leader in responsible aluminium production, Rio Tinto has commissioned a new remelt furnace at its Laterrière facility, by appending 22,000 metric tonnes of recycling capacity to its aluminium operations in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The production...
The United States aluminium scrap exports in full-year 2021 have recorded a significant rise of 250,000 tonnes or 13.51 per cent, owing to the increased awareness of using recycled aluminium to reduce carbon footprint across the industry. In comparison with 1.85 million tonnes of export in 2020,...
The Russia-Ukraine crisis and increased number of sanctions on Russia had put the aluminium sector under pressure, calling into question the fate of the industry. As a result of which companies like Norsk Hydro ASA of Norway, Novelis Inc. and Matalco Inc. of Canada are expanding their operations in...
The year 2021 has been economically challenged for most of the countries worldwide, with the Covid pandemic propelling a drastic impact. Venezuela, as a country was no exception to it, however, the nation in 2022 is creating hopes to clean the dark clouds in the economic sector following its 2014...
Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, has reportedly launched its sustainability manifesto focusing on seven goals to bring in a change in the packaging and waste management approach and promote a successful circular economy. Describing the seven points of the manifesto at the...
