27 FEBRUARY 2017AlCircle.com
Secondary aluminium recovery in the U.S. up 7.0% in 2016
Edited by : Beethika Biswas
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<p>According to the recent aluminum recycling statistics by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior published by the Aluminum Association, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated <strong>370500</strong> tons of aluminium scrap during December 2016, which registers a 9.0 per cent increase over the December 2015 total of <strong>340000 tons</strong>.</p>
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<p>USGS estimates that U.S. aluminium industry recovered <strong>317000</strong> tons of aluminium and aluminium alloys in December 2016, an increase of 10.1 per cent YOY. According to the preliminary data for 2016 full year, recovery of aluminium from scrap totalled an estimated <strong>3.9 million</strong> tons, up 7.0 per cent over the 2015 total of <strong>3.7 million</strong> tons.</p>
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<p>U.S. exports of scrap which accounts for about 50 per cent of total export and is not included in the government’s consumption statistics stood at <strong>1.4 million</strong> tons in 2016 which indicates a drop of <strong>13.1</strong> per cent from 2015.</p>
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