EGA expands European aluminium recycling footprint with 80% Eco Green acquisition
Emirates Global Aluminium has completed its acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in Italy's Eco Green, strengthening its aluminium scrap collection, sorting and recycling network across Europe. Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is expanding its aluminium recycling business in Europe with the completed...
EU plans aluminium scrap export ban on non-OECD countries; China, India in focus
The European Union (EU) is preparing a broader restriction on aluminium scrap exports to non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, replacing an earlier trade proposal that would have covered only part of the bloc’s scrap flows. The move could largely impact...
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Indian aluminium scrap prices remain flat; MCX Aluminium settles down
Indian aluminium scrap prices on Scrap Register Price Index remained flat on Wednesday, while aluminium futures prices at India's Multi Commodity Exchange traded down. As per Scrap Register Price Index, major copper scrap commodities like aluminium accessories scrap, aluminium ingots, aluminium rod...
U.S. purchased 770 million pounds of aluminum scrap during February 2015
The U.S. aluminum industry purchased an estimated 770 million pounds of aluminum scrap during February 2015, according to aluminum recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, up 5.7 percent over the February 2014 total of 728 million. USGS estimates that...
ISRI releases new additions to video campaign promoting value of recycled commodities
At its Annual Convention and Exposition held last month in Vancouver, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) released two new videos aimed at providing the public more information on the value and impact of the recycling industry. The videos, focused on plastics and tire recycling,...
National Recycling curriculum pilots set to launch within schools in New York, Maryland, and Michigan
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, announced today the launch of three school recycling curriculum pilots in Staten Island, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; and Kalamazoo, Michigan. These pilots combine standards-based lessons that teach the...
ISRI honors two scrap veterans
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), Washington, D.C., has recognized two individuals who took over their family businesses and “ushered in an era of innovation and success for the entire recycling industry,” according to the association. During ISRI’s 2015 annual convention,...
Moscow Recycling aluminum can buy-back day .45 per pound
If you have any soda or beer cans lying around, Saturday's the day to recycle them. Right now recycling one pound of cans will fetch about 30-cents. But on Saturday, Moscow Recycling is offering 45-cents per pound. It only takes about 30 cans to make a pound. And every little bit helps because...
ISRI Joins in the celebration of Earth Day 2015
In recognition of the 45th Earth Day, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is joining individuals and organizations around the world in celebration of the earth and what can be done to preserve it. Earth Day, started in 1970, takes place annually on April 22 in a worldwide effort to...
Aluminium recovery hit hard in Q1 packaging data
Changes to scrap metal protocols have led to a “concerning” shortfall in the amount of aluminium packaging recovered in the first quarter of 2015, some industry sources have claimed in response to provisional recycling data released today (April 22). And, changes to rules on energy-from-waste...
Global Recycling leaders converge on Vancouver for industry’s largest gathering
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, will host its 2015 Convention and Exposition April 21-25 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in British Columbia, Canada. This annual event has become the largest convention of its kind, bringing together...
Update: CalRecycle awarded $1.74 million in settlement
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has reached a $1.74 million settlement agreement with San Leandro, California-based Alco Iron & Metal Co., following an investigation that revealed the scrap metal company claimed refunds on California Redemption Value (CRV)...
Ohio scrap recycler receives loans to expand
American Recycling Services, (ARS), an Alliance, Ohio-based scrap recycling company, has been approved by the Alliance City Council for a $103,000 loan through the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) program. The UDAG loan is part of a $257,000 loan package that includes a loan from Huntington...
Indian regulation requires recording video of scrap shipments
The Mumbai-based Metal Recycling Association of India (MRAI) is conducting meetings in an effort to stave off a regulation that requires overseas scrap shippers to record videos of their container loading process. MRAI Secretary General Amar Singh, in an April 7, 2015, memo to member companies,...
67 year old raises thousands of pounds for charity simply by recycling cans
One man is believed to have collected nine million cans across a span of 24 years, send them for recycling and donate the entire earnings to charity. Peter Raffle, a 67-year old retired ICI worker, never fails to pick up a discarded can whether it is aluminium or steel no matter where he is. Peter...
6th Apr, 2015: North American Aluminum scrap prices held steady
The North American Aluminum scrap prices remained unchanged on ScrapMonster Price Index as on April 6th, Monday. 1100 Scrap prices remained flat over the day. The prices of 3003 Scrap too were flat at $0.78 per Lb. The prices of 356 Aluminum Wheels, 6063 Extrusions and 6063 Extrusions/Fe too were...
Hydro completes WMR acquisition
Following approval from the German Federal Cartel Office, Hydro has completed the previously announced acquisition of WMR Recycling GmbH. With effect from April 1, WMR is a fully-owned subsidiary of Hydro, legally named Hydro Aluminium Recycling Deutschland GmbH. Utilizing x-ray transmission and...
India containerized Shredded Scrap import prices up; Aluminium scrap prices remain flat
Indian containerized shredded scrap import prices advanced during last week, while Indian aluminium scrap prices remained flat. According to The Steel Index, containerized shredded scrap prices for Indian imports rose by $4 last week to $290 a ton CFR Nhava Sheva. The modest price rise can be...
North American aluminium secondary Recovery Up 4.4% in 2014
The U.S. aluminum industry purchased1 an estimated 759 million pounds of aluminum scrap during December 2014, according to aluminum recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, up 7.7 percent over the December 2013 total of 705 million. USGS estimates that...
Pakistani producers urge FBR to repeal duty on aluminium scrap import
Pakistan’s engineering firms have urged the federal tax authority to repeal of the five percent regulatory duty paid on the import of aluminium waste and scrap as it is adversely affecting the local industrial production. In a letter to the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Tariq Bajwa, the...
