
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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Indonesia has become one of the most significant downstream aluminium product manufacturing hubs in south-east Asia, mostly catering to the automotive industry and thus, has increased the procurement of aluminium scrap for the use in the downstream industry. Countries like Australia, the USA, and...

Aluminium scrap import by Belgium has increased over the last two years. The trend is expected to continue through 2018.The top exporters of aluminium scrap to Belgium in 2017 were France (76084 tonnes), the Netherlands (61068 tonnes), Germany (53721 tonnes) and UK (44569 tonnes). According to the...

Germany exports more aluminium scrap than it imports every year. The automotive industry is the biggest sources from where aluminium scrap is generated. The country exports about 1 million tons of aluminium scrap. WMR Recycling, Harita Metals Co, ScholzAlu Stockach GmbH, TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG...

As a retaliatory move against the US aluminium and steel imports tariffs, China has taken the US aluminium scrap industry on storm and created mayhem by officially slapping a blanket of 25 per cent tariff on aluminium scraps imported from the Unites States, effective on and from Monday April 2,...

Aluminium scrap imports by China, the world’s biggest aluminium producer, dropped YoY through the first two months of 2018 as the secondary aluminium production took a back sit due to environmental restrictions during winter heating season. As per recent export-import data released by General...

Aluminium scrap imports by China, the world’s biggest aluminium producer, kept surging through the first month of 2018 as the country continues to step up its secondary aluminium production alongside smelter close-downs to check pollution. The figures spiralled up by 11 per cent year-on-year...

China imported 2.17 million tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2017, an increase of 13.27 per cent YoY. The country’s import of aluminium scrap rose 13.73 per cent YoY to 202,374 tonnes in December. Last month, the USA and Thailand were the top exporters of aluminium scrap to China. The USA and Thailand...

According to an SMM report, aluminium scrap supply would stay tight in 2018 as environmental protection policies weigh in further in the coming year. SMM believes supply tightness would be mostly felt around Chinese New Year and the fourth quarter when demand is at its peak. Secondary aluminium...

China’s import of aluminium scrap increased 13.23 per cent year-on year to 1.96 million tonnes during the first eleven months of 2017. Aluminium scrap imports stood at 196,581 tonnes in November. The US and Hong Kong were the top exporters of aluminium scrap to China. In November, the US and Hong...

Sweden exported $135 billion worth of goods around the world in 2016. The country is the 26th largest export economy in the world and the 62nd most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). Germany imports the largest volume of aluminium scrap from the country. In 2016,...

According to a Shanghai Metals Market report, 2018 onward, Chinese traders will lose their qualifications to purchase aluminium scrap from international market as import agents. Both the aluminium scrap recycler and the consignee must be the same as per domestic consignee certificate, and the...

Malaysia has always been a net exporter of metal scrap. Aluminium scrap constitutes a significant percentage of its exports earning revenues from the international market. A three-year data snapshot shows a fairly stable aluminium scrap export growth trend by the country looking to grow through the...

<p>France is <span>one of the key growth</span> markets in European aluminium industry which grew by 2.4% year on year. Packaging, building and the automotive sectors are the major demand drivers for the aluminium in the country.</p> <p>Aluminium scrap remains a significant resource to be...

<p>Saudi Arabia emerged as the major market for scrap metal recycling. The country exports most of the scrap it generates. Aluminium scraps generated in Saudi Arabia comes from consumers, industries, and demolition sites across the country. The country exports its substantial amount of aluminium...

<p>According to the latest report published by Shanghai Metals Market and forecasted by Li Shilong, General of CIAR, China is going to turn out to be the major source for global aluminium scrap by 2025.</p> <p> Li Shilong said that the secondary aluminium capacity in China has surpassed 10...

<p>Nonferrous scrap traders in China could be facing a major disruption in business if the proposed Chinese trade regulations come into practice, said Ma Hongchang, a consultant in Chinese affairs for the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) at the Non-Ferrous Metals Division...

<p>Currently, there is an increase in investments in secondary aluminium alloys production in China and producers are shifting focus on using scrap generated within China. China generates a large amount of aluminium scrap every month.</p> <p>Here is an analysis of the price trends of various...

<p>With China having launched another wave of environmental protection operations, this time under the 'National Sword' banner, BIR non-ferrous metals division president David Chiao has urged businesses to 'ensure scrap shipments to China conform with the country's environmental regulations',...