Secondary aluminium is increasingly central to Europe’s decarbonisation plans. It is used in automotive castings, construction profiles, packaging and consumer goods and is valued because it can deliver similar mechanical properties to primary metal while requiring a fraction of the energy and...
India’s aluminium recycling sector has matured significantly over the past decade. Secondary aluminium, produced by remelting and refining scrap, now accounts for a growing share of the country’s total aluminium consumption. Recycling aluminium requires up to 95 per cent less energy than smelting...
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The international export-import data shows the aluminium scrap export from France to Italy is on a steady rise since a sweeping growth of around 139 per cent from 43,822 tonnes in 2016 to 104,718 tonnes in 2017. In 2018, the country’s export amount to Italy was at 111,456 tonnes after growing by...
The Chinese government issued a new scrap metal import quota on 23rd September that approved a total of about 70,000 tonnes of copper, aluminium and ferrous scrap arrivals for Q4 2019. As reported by Argus Media, China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management approved a combined 66,368 tonnes of...
Domestic aluminium producers are working together with planning think-tank Niti Aayog and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to determine standards for scrap usage. This was done at the background of exponentially growing aluminium scrap imports and random applications of scrap. Aluminium scrap...
The dynamics of the aluminium scrap market are in a state of transition due to the stricter scrap import policies by China, which used to be one of top markets for aluminium scraps. The trade war initiated by Trump’s 10% tariff on all imported aluminium imposed in March 2018 led many countries to...
China’s imports of aluminium scrap are expected to fall 16% year-on-year to 1.31 million tonnes in 2019, as the country expects lower aluminium scrap import quotas in the fourth quarter. Aluminium scrap import quotas are likely to drop to 120,000 tonnes in Q4 compared with 361,000 tonnes in Q3,...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China’s aluminium scrap import increased 15.81 per cent month-on-month and 57.8 per cent year-on-year in May to come in at 177,200 tonnes. Importers’ rush to move the seaborne scrap metal into domestic markets before import restrictions on July 1 resulted in...
According to China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association, a large number of secondary aluminium smelters in China, especially those with limited feedstock options, are being affected by uncertainties over scrap import rules like the license awarding criteria, the volume each company will be allowed...
According to recent estimates, in 2018, Austria imported 305,101 tonnes of aluminium scrap from global markets, an increase of 10733 tonnes or 4 per cent year-on-year. The cost of import stood at USD383 million. The country’s estimated aluminium scrap import from Germany increased 1.3 per cent...
The recycling branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said Chinese authorities would start accepting applications for licenses to import soon-to-be-restricted types of metal scrap from May 2019. China has long been trying to restrict scrap imports as part of a campaign against...
According an update from the environment ministry of China, the country will restrict imports of scrap steel and aluminium from July 1, 2019. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment statement said that the ministry will move scrap steel and aluminium from an unrestricted import list of solid waste...
According to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey, the U.S. exports of aluminium scrap, which is not included in the government’s consumption statistics, stood at 164,000 tonnes in October 2018, up 5% from October 2017 total of 156,000 tonnes. Month on month,...
As aluminium scrap remains a significant resource for the production of secondary aluminium and subsequently new aluminium products across the world, France’s exports of scrap see a steady market trend year over year. In 2018, France’s aluminium scrap exports are estimated to see growth from...
With China’s crack down on inferior quality scrap imports and the steep tariffs on imported scrap from the US, there is a fear of scrap supply glut in the U.S., analysts from CRU Group said. Mike Southwood and Greg Wittbecker, both Pittsburgh-based aluminium industry analysts with CRU Group said so...
According to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey, the U.S. exports of aluminium scrap, which is not included in the government’s consumption statistics, stood at 141,000 tonnes in September 2018, up 11per cent from September 2017 total of 127,000 tonnes. Month on...
Germany, a major aluminium market in Europe and home to the world’s largest automakers, contributes 25% of total aluminium consumption in Europe is one of the leading scrap exporters in the world. German aluminium processors produce about 300,000 tonnes of recycled aluminium. The country's...
According to data from the Aluminium Association of India (AAI), aluminium scraps import by India increased by 21.44 per cent during April-September period of financial year 2018-2019. The total volume of India’s aluminium scrap import rose from 541,000 tonne during the first half of financial year...
Brampton, Ontario-based Triple M Metal LP offers ferrous and nonferrous scrap purchasing, collection, processing and trading services. The firm registered more than $1 billion revenue in 2017 from its scrap metal business in 26 locations in Canada, the United States and Mexico. China’s government’s...
The international export-import data shows that the total volume of aluminium scrap imported to Belgium has been rising over the past few years. In 2016, Belgium had imported about 2, 75, 996 tonnes of aluminium scrap in total, while in 2017, the import volume increased 6.4 per cent to 2, 95, 076...
