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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Import duty on raw material raises cost of products
The imposition of 5 to 15 per cent import regulatory duty on a number of items used as raw material by local manufacturers has increased the cost of finished products. Talking to Dawn, Zeeshan Merchant, former secretary-general Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA), said though the SRO 131(1)/2015...
ISRI updates on Superfund Recycling Equity Act (SREA)
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced that the ordering period opens on Monday, March 16, for the Superfund Recycling Equity Act (SREA) Reasonable Care Compliance Program Reports. Beginning March 16 and running through April 30, ISRI members have an exclusive...
Aluminum Association updates on US aluminum scrap market
The U.S. aluminum industry purchased 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...
Union County offering free scrap metal recycling
The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders announce the 2015 schedule of its free scrap metal recycling events. A wide variety of metal goods, from household appliances to gutters and sheds, are included in the program. "This countywide program helps to fill a service gap in some Union County...
BIR Non-Ferrous World Mirror February 2015
The following article is based on the latest Non-Ferrous Metals World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling organisation for the benefit of its members. US secondary aluminium prices have slid a further US$ 20-40 per ton as secondaries appear to be holding sufficient scrap and ‘are waiting to...
Hydro investing in sorting technology for recycling
To further strengthen its activities in aluminium recycling, Hydro have acquired WMR Recycling GmbH (WMR) in Dormagen, Germany, from Kural GmbH and Kurth Grundstücksverwaltungs UG. Following the transaction, Hydro will own the most advanced aluminium scrap sorting technology in the world. The...
Aluminum Association reports North American downstream market updates
Aluminum Association reports North American (US & Canada) downstream market updates for the month of January 2015. New can stock (class) scrap receipts totaled 57.3 million pounds during January 2015, a decrease of 4.4 percent from the January 2014 total of 59.9 million pounds. Compared to the...
Scrap-Metal separation may become cheaper
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States throws 14.8 million tons of scrap metal into landfills every year. One of the main reasons is the difficulty of large-scale separation of non-ferrous metals. Scientists at the University of Utah now say they have solved that...
Aluminium industry unites to drive forward a recycling agenda for Europe
On the occasion of the 13th International Aluminium Recycling Congress, the European aluminium industry reaffirmed its ambition for a long-lasting circular economy, expressing high expectations for a new and improved waste proposal from the European Commission later this year. Speaking at the...
Hulamin to invest R300m in aluminium recycling plant
HULAMIN based in South Africa’s Pietermaritzburg announced on Monday that they are planning to invest R300 million to construct an aluminium recycling plant that will convert aluminium beverage cans and convert them into raw materials for reuse. Considering that recycling aluminium scarp takes a...
MRAI: Custom duties weigh heavily on scrap sales
Starting with customs duties paid for inbound scrap, metals recyclers and producers in India say their industry cannot gain momentum or even operate profitably until the government reconsiders its policies. Throughout two days of programming at the 2015 Metal Recycling Association of India (MRAI)...
Cando project rids Cheltenham's streets of 10,000 cans
When it comes to keeping Cheltenham tidy and helping to save the planet, a group of green-minded enthusiasts say there is a lot you Cando. One of the town’s environmental groups, Vision 21, has collected and recycled a staggering 100kg worth of aluminium cans in the past 12 months. On the basis...
ISRI details contributions of Shredders to the Recycling Industry in a video
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released an educational video entitled The Shredder Story: A Revolution in Recycling. This thirteen-and-a-half-minute video shows viewers how industrial shredders work and details the impact they have made in the recycling industry. “Scrap...
Indian scrap prices may fall in line with global trend in February
It would seem foolish to predict anything but a fall in Indian scrap prices in line with the global trend in February. According to TSI, market participants are predicting a downward movement of around $10-15 a ton in the immediate future as the scrap industry cannot continue to play second fiddle...
EMR opens third metal recycling site in Sheffield
Metal recycling giant EMR has opened its third scrap metal recycling depot in Sheffield. The Halfway facility, situated at the former SITA site on Holbrook Industrial Estate in Halfway, buys all grades of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal including iron, steel, copper, brass, aluminium, lead,...
Indian Govt to look into import duty on scrap, FTAs
The mines ministry will look into the issue of import duty on scrap, special additional duty and trade pacts with countries, Union minister Vishnu Deo Sai said on Thursday. The Metals Recycling Association of India said that metal recycling has been badly affected by heavy import duty, special...
Gershow Recycling supports high school robotics teams with aluminium scrap
For the sixth year in a row, Gershow Recycling opened its Medford, New York, scrap metal processing facility to local high school robotics teams participating in the School-Business Partnerships of Long Island’s (SBPLI) upcoming Long Island Regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science...
River Metals Recycling yard achieves SHARP recognition
River Metals Recycling (RMR), headquartered in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, has announced that its Owensboro, Kentucky, scrap metal recycling facility has received the SHARP (Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program) designation from the U.S. Department of Labor. RMR says that the Owensboro...
