Canada’s recycled aluminium sector: Key initiatives since 2021
Canada is using a mix of federal funding, provincial recycling rules and private investment to build a stronger market for recycled aluminium. Over the past five years, policy changes and new projects have improved scrap collection, added remelting capacity and reinforced the country’s position as...
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...
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LME Prices Rise on Daily Global Aluminum Index
The 3-month price of aluminum saw the biggest increase at 1.4 percent on the LME, finishing at $2,134 per metric ton for Dec. 12, 2012. Also on the LME, the primary aluminum cash price increased 1.4 percent to $2,130 per metric ton. The cash price of primary Indian aluminum finished the market day...
Big Jump for LME Aluminum Spot Price For the Week
Closing at $2,094 per metric ton on the LME, a 5.1 percent increase made the aluminum cash price the biggest mover on the weekly Aluminum MMI®. Also on the LME, the aluminum 3-month price rose 4.7 percent last week to $2,092 per metric ton. The Indian aluminum cash price rose 1.8 percent this week,...
Aluminum Recycling update at H&H Metals
Metal recycling services at H&H Metals are available for a wide array of scrap metals including steel, aluminum, brass, and copper. Each type of material has its own recycling process requirements, and H&H Metals’ modern facility is well equipped to handle each one. Aluminum Scrap Metal One of the...
Global Scrap Metal Summit in Gurgaon, India
As a business option, dealing in scrap metal might sound like a drab and a relatively unglamorous enterprise. But not when one considers how close this sector has come to redefining the future of manufacturing the world over. Around 60% of the metal produced in the United States comes from recycled...
Chinese domestic prices of aluminum alloy ADC12 edge higher as costs rise
The Chinese domestic price of aluminum alloy ADC12 was assessed marginally higher at Yuan 16,000-16,300 ($2,544-2,592)/mt ex-works Tuesday, compared with Yuan 16,000-16,200/mt a week ago, amid higher offers heard in the market. Traders said the higher prices were due to a recent increase in...
Novelis builds aluminium recycling plant in Germany
U.S.-based rolled aluminium products group Novelis said on Monday it is building a 200 million euro ($259 million) aluminium recycling plant in Germany. Completion of the plant, in Nachterstedt in Saxony-Anhalt in east Germany is scheduled for 2014, it said. The plant will produce 400,000 tonnes of...
China Aluminum, Copper Prices Up in Base Metal Market
The aluminum 3-month price saw a 0.6 percent drop on the LME on Nov. 19, 2012, landing at $1,942 per metric ton and making it the biggest mover of the day on MetalMiner’s aluminum price index. The primary aluminum cash price weakened by 0.5 percent on the LME, settling at $1,921 per metric ton. The...
Alcoa, Novelis say aluminum recycling joint venture split is good for both
In late August, Alcoa Inc. took full control of Evermore Recycling LLC, a company formed nearly three years ago in a joint venture between Alcoa and fellow aluminum recycler Novelis Inc. The split, initiated by Novelis, came as a surprise to Alcoa. "We didn't know that this was going to take place,...
German Jan/Sept aluminium output falls 1.5% on year
Low demand in the sluggish economic environment cut German aluminium production in Jan/Sept 2012 to a fall of 1.5 per cent on the year to 790,854 tonnes, German aluminium industry association GDA estimated on Tuesday. "No improvement is expected in the final quarter of the year," the association...
China domestic alloy ADC12 prices slip on weak demand
Offer prices for aluminum alloy ADC12 in China's domestic market inched down this week as a prolonged period of weak demand continued, local industry sources said Tuesday. Leading producer Sigma Metals kept its offers at Yuan 17,100/mt ($2,719/mt) ex-works Tuesday, unchanged from last Tuesday. Most...
Party time of the year opens doors to can recycling
As most families know, this is a very busy time of the year. With Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, most residents are having a lot of company with dinners and parties going on. With so many activities, in addition to day-to-day events, there will be a lot of drinking soft drinks...
Truck with $400K worth of aluminum found near theft site in Indiana
The theft of a tractor-trailer loaded with more than $420,000 worth of aluminum concrete-pouring forms this week in Burrell Township is under investigation by state police in Indiana. The 2003 Kenworth tractor-trailer and most of the cargo were recovered early Thursday morning just a half-mile from...
Secondary aluminum alloy prices fall again
Free-market aluminum alloy prices suffered further drops this week despite a relatively stable scrap pricing market, with some producers holding the line on higher quotes in pursuit of a profit margin. A380.1 dropped to a range of 99 cents to $1.01 per pound from $1 to $1.02, while 319.1 eased to...
County closes recycling sites
Four of the eight recycling collection sites in Nassau County have been closed. The Nassau County Commission approved the removal of recycling bins at Burney Park near American Beach, License Road in Yulee, the County Building on Mickler Street in Callahan and in Hilliard near CR 108, effective...
Century Metal Recycling shines in the die cast alloy market
Since its inception in 2006, CMR has cemented its place as India’s largest maker of aluminium-based die cast alloy, used by manufacturers of automobiles and equipment to make parts. CMR, which recycles aluminium scrap to make alloy, has 20 percent market share and is three times larger than its...
Exchange Club turns recycled cans into cash for programs
Four big, blue “Cans for Kids” bins in Merrimack are collectors for donated aluminum cans earmarked for recycling by the Exchange Club of Merrimack. The local chapter is part of a national, nonprofit group supporting programs aimed at child abuse prevention, crime prevention, services to senior...
LME Aluminum Prices Drop 1.1 percent
Dropping 1.1 percent on the LME, the aluminum 3-month price was the biggest mover on Oct. 24, 2012, closing at $1,941 per metric ton. The LME primary aluminum cash price declined 1 percent to $1,913 per metric ton. The cash price of primary Indian aluminum fell 0.3 percent. For the fifth day in a...
LME Aluminum Price Switches Direction on Daily Index
The cash price of primary aluminum fell 2.2 percent on Oct. 23, 2012 to $1,932 per metric ton on the LME, making it the day’s biggest mover on our price index. The aluminum 3-month price closed at $1,962 per metric ton, a 1.9 percent drop. Meanwhile, the Indian aluminum cash price weakened by 1.1...
