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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Russian AK5M2 aluminum alloy hit by slowing Japanese car sales
Russia's AK5M2 secondary aluminum alloy exported to Japan have been hit by bleak automotive demand outlook for the first quarter of 2013, market sources said Monday. AK5M2 alloy, made by re-melting engine and other aluminum scrap, is used by Japanese secondary aluminum alloy smelters as feedstock...
Alcoa Names 2012 Top North American Scrap Suppliers
Alcoa AA +0.33% today recognized the Top North American Scrap Suppliers for 2012. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Alcoa's Scrap purchasing group has honored the best suppliers in terms of safety, quality, volume, breadth of supply to multiple locations, and delivery performance....
Recycling efforts in the bars are still uncertain
LaTonalteca manager Luis Juarez said the restaurant gives many bottled drinks to their customers, but they do not go through as many as other Main Street bars and restaurants in a given weekend. “We only go through around 24 to 36 bottles on a typical night, but that’s because we are mostly a...
Atlanta-based Novelis aims for more aluminum scrap
As a leading rolled aluminum products provider, Atlanta-based Novelis is thirsting for more aluminum scrap. By 2020, the company would like scrap to make up 80 percent of its raw material, said Silverio Colalancia, director of recycling for Novelis North America. Colalancia addressed attendees of...
University of Missouri students recycle gameday trash for study
A Missouri home football game attracts thousands of tailgaters. These large crowds leave behind a lot of bottles, aluminum cans and trash. the day after a game the cleanup begins. A group of University of Missouri students take a closer look at what's being recycled and what's getting thrown away....
Aleris to Discontinue Use of NASAAC Index in Aluminum Pricing
Aleris today announced it will no longer supply multi-month pricing mechanisms that utilize the North American Special Aluminum Alloy Contract (NASAAC) Index as a basis for 2013 pricing. Aleris is opting to use other indices and mechanisms that provide a better and closer correlation to the cost of...
Current Aluminum 3-Month Price Up Slightly
The aluminum 3-month price crawled out of a two-day slump with a 0.9 percent improvement on the LME to close at $2,096 per metric ton. Also on the LME, the primary aluminum cash price inched up 0.5 percent to $2,068 per metric ton on MetalMiner’s daily aluminum price index. The cash price of...
Losing Streak Continues for Cash Price of Aluminum
Dropping 1.7 percent on the LME, the aluminum cash price was the biggest mover on MetalMiner’s aluminum price index on Sept. 25, 2012, closing at $2,058 per metric ton. The aluminum 3-month price on the LME has been on the decline for 7 days and is now at $2,076 per metric ton. After falling for...
Gaining streak continues for LME aluminum cash price
On Sept. 17, 2012, the cash price of primary aluminum experienced the biggest change on MetalMiner’s aluminum price index, rising 4.6 percent on the LME to $2,176 per metric ton. The aluminum 3-month price on the LME has been on the rise for 10 days and is now at $2,175 per metric ton. The cash...
Rochester Aluminum Canada installs new furnace at its Concord facility
Rochester Aluminum Smelting Canada Ltd. has installed a new furnace with a capacity of 100,000 pounds at its facility in Concord, Ontario as it looks to keep pace with a "very competitive" deox market. Rochester started up the reverberatory sidewell melter Sept. 1, allowing it to idle two...
LME Cash and Chinese Scrap Prices up on Weekly Aluminum MMI Index
The week’s biggest mover on the weekly Aluminum MMI was the cash price of primary aluminum, which saw a 7.6 percent increase on the LME to $2,074 per metric ton. This week marked the third in a row of rising prices for the metal. Closing out the third week of rising prices, the aluminum 3-month...
3-Month Price of Aluminum Sees Small Jump
On Sept. 12, 2012, the LME aluminum 3-month price experienced the biggest change on MetalMiner’s daily aluminum price index, rising 1.4 percent to $2,065 per metric ton. The primary aluminum cash price on the LME has been on the rise for eight days and is now at $2,056 per metric ton. The Indian...
Gaining Streak continues for LME aluminum cash price
With a 2.2 percent increase over the past day, the cash price of primary aluminum was the biggest mover on the LME, closing at $2,032 per metric ton on Sept. 11, 2012. Also on the LME, the aluminum 3-month price rose 2.1 percent to $2,037 per metric ton. The Indian aluminum cash price has been on...
The Development of Aluminum Scrap Recycling Slows Down
With the development of light weight cars in China, demand of aluminum is stipulating in China. Bullet train, metro even lorry will use more and more secondary aluminium in the future. China’s auto industry needs more than 1,000 thousand tons of secondary aluminium. Also with the promotion of...
Aluminum Scrap Supply Volume May Increase 6.1% in 2012
On the Cast Aluminum Alloy Industry Chain Summit which was held days before, aluminum industry analysts expected China aluminum scrap supply volume may keep steady increase about 6.1%. Most of the cast aluminum alloy enterprises were secondary aluminium enterprises focused on the purchase of...
Output of recycled nonferrous metals up
China's rising output of nonferrous metals through recycling has helped with energy savings and environmental protection, an industrial organization said Friday. The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association announced that output of the major categories of recycled nonferrous metals hit 5.4...
Scrap aluminum wheel prices in line with LME
Scrap aluminum wheel prices have moved back in line with those on the London Metal Exchange after trading at a premium for much of the year, with one trader claiming that the recent surge on the LME has boosted availability. Free-market transaction prices for wheels are now in the range of 96 to 98...
Alaska Air Group diverted 230 tons of aluminum for recycling in 2011
Alaska Air Group diverted enough aluminum last year to build three new airplanes, according to the company's first comprehensive corporate sustainability report. Specifically, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air in-flight recycling programs diverted more than 800 tons of waste from landfills, including...
