AL Circle analysis: From cans and NEVs to extrusion, shifting end-use demand reshapes aluminium’s growth story
The aluminium industry is entering the second half of 2026 with demand signals moving in different directions. Beverage cans are finding new consumption opportunities in Brazil, extrusion demand remains resilient in key markets, and aluminium producers are benefiting from firmer prices. At the same...
Kirin looks to recycled aluminium and renewable energy for lower-carbon packaging
Japanese beverage company Kirin is exploring greater use of recycled and low-carbon aluminium as part of its efforts to reduce emissions from packaging and move towards a more circular packaging system. The company is considering GHG-free aluminium produced using renewable energy, as well as...
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Ball to provide its client ASI certified aluminium cans and bottles
The Global Aerosol Packaging business of BALL Corporation has obtained accreditation from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative ( ASI ) for Performance and Chain of Custody Standards. The certification is applied to all nine of Ball's production facilities and aerosol containers and slugs globally....
Henkel develops innovative low-temperature cleaners for aluminium beverage cans
Henkel has created a cutting-edge low-temperature cleaner for aluminium beverage cans that will soon be accessible worldwide. Bonderite C-IC 72000 series cleans at a lower temperature when used in conventional spray systems, lowering the plant's carbon footprint using less natural gas. Results will...
PepsiCo’s Partners for Tomorrow platform focuses on aluminium can recycling initiative
PepsiCo has launched its brand-new pep+ Partners for Tomorrow platform, which was created to provide services aimed at assisting its clients in reaching their sustainability objectives. The programme will first target American consumers, with hopes to spread it to important international countries...
Recycled aluminium weekly recap: EcoCentral’s Yellow wheelie bin includes recyclable materials like aluminium cans; India's imported aluminium scrap prices decline marginally on limited trade
The Ministry for the Environment's Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund refurbished EcoCentral's Materials Recovery Facility on Parkhouse Road in Sockburn, a service that manages garbage in Christchurch. From Monday, April 17 through Saturday, April 22, A&W Iron and Metal will celebrate Earth Week...
Sustainability weekly recap: Catherine Athènes gets elected to be among ASI’s Board of Directors; EGA and HILT CRC join hands to decarbonise alumina refining at Al Taweelah
The sustainability sector has been a witness to huge propositions this week, with British actor Ricky Gervais supporting Cano Water’s sustainable drive of circulating water in 100 per cent recyclable aluminium cans. Constellium’s Catherine Athènes was voted to be on the Board of Directors of the...
Heineken can be charged €1million for not complying with Netherland’s DRS
Heineken is quite close to being branded with a €1million fine for successively ignoring the Deposit Return protocol on beverage cans in the Netherlands. The country expanded its deposit return scheme to include beverage cans from April 1. Heineken is continuing to produce aluminium cans without...
Meadow launches 100% refillable and recyclable aluminium can cartridges
Meadow, a Sweden-based company, has embarked on a journey to transform one-time-use packaging solutions into sustainable ones for a circular economy. The brand’s latest innovation, a refillable end and dispenser system for aluminium beverage cans, is making headlines for its infinite recyclability....
Ricky Gervais promotes Cano Water helping raise multi-million pound funding
UK-based canned water firm Cano Water has begun this year’s journey with a market boost after comedian and actor Ricky Gervais came in support of the company’s goal, raising a multi-million pound in investment for a new can tagged “Cano 2.0”. In the past, we have seen celebrities coming out in...
A&W Iron and Metal to celebrate earth week by recycling aluminium cans
A&W Iron and Metal will be commemorating Earth Week for the 25th consecutive year from Monday, April 17 through Saturday, April 22, for which the neighbours in neighbours in Allenton, Slinger, Kewaskum, West Bend, and the rest of Washington County are being invited to drop off the collected...
New recycling initiative in CNMI encourages users to recycle aluminium cans in return for cash
The Office of the Governor, along with the Bureau of Environmental & Coastal Quality, Office of Planning and Development, Zero Waste Task Force, and the Department of Public Works, has introduced a new recycling initiative that enables locals to recycle their aluminium cans in exchange for money as...
EcoCentral’s Yellow wheelie bin includes recyclable materials like aluminium cans
EcoCentral, the Christchurch-based waste management service, has renovated its Materials Recovery Facility on Parkhouse Road, Sockburn, using the Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund received from the Ministry for the Environment. Following a $16.8 million overhaul of the city's recycling centre,...
Hulamin marks substantial progress in the rapidly expanding EV sector
Hulamin, an aluminium manufacturer with headquarters in Pietermaritzburg and Tesla among its clients, claims to have made significant progress in the rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) sector. As per Counterpoint Technology Market Research, 10.2 million Passenger electric cars were globally...
End-user weekly recap: InBev launches AI beer Beck's Autonomous in a hybrid aluminium-glass can; Polestar uses low-carbon aluminium components in its EVs for decarbonization
This week, there has been immense progress in the aluminium end-user sector. InBev has created the world's first beer in aluminium-glass cans, utilising AI for its marketing campaigns. Professor Debashis Chanda, with his team of scientists from the UCF NanoScience Technology Center, has discovered...
Jason Momoa distributes Mananalu aluminium water bottles at the Whole Foods Market in Orlando
On Sunday, April 2, customers at the Whole Foods Market in Orlando were in for a surprise while performing their afternoon errands. The founder of Mananalu, Jason Momoa, unexpectedly entered the store while a member of the Mananalu team was setting up a demo station to give customers samples of...
Sustainability weekly recap: BALCO to obtain hybrid renewal electricity for its aluminium operations in Chhattisgarh; Netherlands expands DRS to include steel and aluminium beverage cans
Companies are doing their bit to move towards a sustainable environment, and in this journey, aluminium is considered the ultimate choice for most companies. From April 1, the Netherlands plans to include steel and aluminium beverage cans in its deposit return programme. On April 4, 2023, Alcoa...
Djuce aluminium canned wine marks its entry into the US market.
Djuce, a business that produces sustainable canned wine, announced its entry into the US market. They will start on the West Coast in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. Djuce was established in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2022 to revolutionise wine drinking. At the centre are renowned European...
Monseigneur Augustin Caron Elementary School to organize a two-day aluminium can recycling event
Monseigneur Augustin Caron Elementary School will organise an e-waste & aluminium can recycling event . The event will be held on April 15 and April 22, during which the students will be taught the importance of recycling aluminium cans and electronic waste. The students have been asked to bring...
Sun Chemical plans to display its metal deco ink portfolio at Metpack 2023
Under the guidance of its parent company, DIC Corporation, Sun Chemical has developed a full range of metal decorating products for two- and three-piece cans, collapsible aluminium tubes and monobloc aerosol cans and bottles. This new move will support can manufacturers, converters and brand owners...
