Germany’s aluminium scrap exports rebound 4.58% in H1 2026: Which countries are buying the most?
Germany’s aluminium scrap trade showed signs of recovery in the first half of 2026, with exports to the world reaching 616,000 tonnes, up 4.58 per cent from 589,000 tonnes in H1 2025. The increase was even more pronounced against the second half of 2025, with H1 2026 shipments rising 7.50 per cent...
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...
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Hulamin announces a recycling investment of R300m amid Bayside supply concerns
Hulamin said the turnover of the group was helped by the improved performance from extrusions and depreciation of the rand. But the group faced potential supply ructions after BHP Billiton began consultations with their employees in its Aluminium SA business in January on halting of aluminium...
North American Aluminum scrap prices recover on Index
The North American Aluminum scrap prices rebounded on ScrapMonster Price Index as on February 18th , Tuesday. 1100 Scrap prices moved higher by $0.01 per Lb. The prices of 3003 Scrap too increased $0.01 per Lb. An up move of $0.01 per Lb was witnessed in 356 Aluminum Wheels, 5052 Scrap, 6061...
Curaçao saw a sharp drop in aluminium recycling in 2013
Last year saw a sharp drop in aluminium recycling on Curaçao but a significant improvement for plastics, according to the island’s recycling and environmental organisation Green Force. Only 266 175 aluminium cans were collected compared to 390 000 in 2012 whereas more than 44 tonnes of plastics was...
Recycling increased at Texas A&M football games in 2013
Texas A&M and Brazos Valley Recycling were able to divert 45 tons of trash gathered during the home football games at Kyle Field in 2013 away from landfills. On average, trash at each game was recycled at a rate of 41 percent, a 17 percent increase from the previous season. Brazos Valley Recycling...
Federal Government in Nigeria has been urged to put a stop on exportation of scrap metals
The Federal Government has been urged to protect the aluminium extrusion and steel industry by putting a stop to exportation of scrap metals, as it is hindering growth in the sector. Managing Director/CEO, Tower Aluminium Nig. Plc, Dr. Jinesh Chandra Dugad made the call in an interview with...
Elektron Introduces New MultiTool Aluminum Dent Repair Station
Elektron's new MultiTool Aluminum Dent Repair Station is a complete mobile workstation equipped with the tools technicians need to properly repair dents in aluminum sheet metal body panels and hoods. Because ferrous metal can contaminate aluminum and cause corrosion (leading to adhesion issues and...
ISRI Releases compliance guide to state metals theft statutes
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its first State Metals Theft Statutes publication, an online compilation of all state laws related to metals theft designed to help scrap recyclers with their compliance obligations under state law. Forty-nine states (Alaska being the...
Gershow offers donation scrap to Westhampton Beach Robotics Team
The Westhampton Beach Robotics team members recently took advantage of a donated scrap by Gershow Recycling of Medford as they aim to build a 130-pound robot in next 6 months. Gershow says their students visited recently their Medford site and they chose up aluminum scrap to use for building their...
Recycling industry forms Law Enforcement Advisory Council to help in fight against metals theft
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced the creation of a Law Enforcement Advisory Council, a select group of experienced law enforcement officers, prosecutors and security personnel from around the country with an understanding of the metals theft issue. The Council will...
2014 Middle East Metals Recycling Conference to be held in Dubai
Speakers from around the world presenting information with a global reach are on the roster at the Middle East Metals Recycling Conference, taking place in Dubai 2-3 March, 2014. Recyclers and traders from the Middle East and beyond will again be co-hosted by Media Fusion, publishers of Waste &...
Rochester Aluminum adds a third furnace to Greenway's operations
Rochester Aluminum Smelting Canada Ltd., has acquired aluminum scrap rotary furnace operator Greenway Industries Corp., Concord., Ontario, Canada. Rochester Aluminum, also based in Concord, produces aluminum casting alloys, primary and secondary aluminum shot, granules, cones, pyramids and...
China imported 3 per cent less aluminium scrap in 2013
China’s aluminium scrap imports stood at 2.5 million tonnes in 2013 and their value was $3.92bn, according to the customs figures. Compared to the 2012 totals of 2.59 million tonnes worth $4.13bn, this is a 3 per cent reduction in the amount of foreign scrap. Imports of aluminium and aluminium...
ISRI releases Scrap Yearbook for 2013
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today released its second annual ISRI Scrap Yearbook, providing the most comprehensive information and statistical look at U.S. scrap recycling, as well as more in-depth information about the industry as a whole, how it has evolved and operates and...
Recycler and trader Larry Sax has died
The death has been announced of Larry Sax, a familiar presence in international recycling circles over many decades. He was 80. He began his scrap processing and trading career with family business J. Sax & Co. of Chelsea in Massachusetts, USA, and went on to work for several other companies,...
Book on aluminum recycling and recovery published
A book about aluminum recycling and recovery by Dr. Mark E. Schlesinger, professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently published by CRC Press. Aluminum Recycling (2nd Ed.) was published in December 2013. The new edition contains updated and...
Businesses in Michigan want strict Metal Regulatory Act to deter scrap metal theft
A coalition of businesses in Michigan is driving a major overhaul of the state’s Nonferrous Metal Regulatory Act to make the sale of stolen scrap metal harder to get away with. The major change in the existing law is to expand it to include ferrous metals — iron and steel — in addition to...
Aluminium Tiger installation of Calais is stolen for scrap
A £6,000 aluminium tiger that was part of a Christmas display in the French port of Calais was stolen by thieves and discovered 150 miles away at a Roma gypsy camp in Paris. Weighing 440lb and 8ft long, the tiger was among exotic animals in a display for children. It was taken after only two days...
Charity organization helps people recycle festive aluminium scraps
The festive period is traditionally the season for giving, but it’s also an opportunity to give something back. Milton Keynes Christian Foundation is helping people recycle aluminium foil packaging and aluminium drinks cans left over from the new year party. Not only will you be helping this...
