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 and Chinese Aluminum Cash Prices drop further
The cash price of primary aluminum experienced the biggest price decline of the day, dropping 1.2 percent on the LME to close at $1,820 per metric ton on August 3, 2012. Also on the LME, the aluminum 3-month price fell 1.2 percent to $1,854 per metric ton. Meanwhile, the Indian aluminum cash price...
MetalMiner’s Monthly Aluminum Price Index Falls 3.1% to 93 For August
The monthly Aluminum MMI registered a value of 93 in August, a decrease of 3.1 percent from 96 in July. The Aluminum MMI declined slightly more than it would have due to a change in the way aluminum scrap from China factors into the overall Aluminum MMI. The lion’s share of the decline came as a...
Cash Price of Aluminium Improves 1.5%
With a 1.5 percent increase over the past day, the cash price of primary aluminum was the biggest mover on the LME, closing at $1,893 per metric ton on July 30, 2012. On the LME, the 3-month price of aluminum saw little movement on Monday at $1,897 per metric ton. The Indian aluminum cash price saw...
LME aluminum price sees small hike
On July 27, 2012, the day’s biggest mover was the LME aluminum cash price, which saw a 1.4 percent increase to $1,865 per metric ton. On the LME, the 3-month price of aluminum increased 1.4 percent to $1,897 per metric ton. The cash price of primary Indian aluminum changed direction with a 0.8...
Chinese aluminum billet, scrap drops on weekly aluminum price index
Following a 2.2 percent decline, Chinese aluminum billet finished as the week’s biggest mover on the weekly Aluminum Chinese aluminum scrap prices were off slightly, down roughly $40 per metric ton from a week ago. Following a 0.2 percent increase in the week prior, the cash price of Chinese...
Novelis to set up an organization for buying used beverage cans
The world’s largest recycler of used aluminium cans, Novelis, has announced they will be establishing a new buying organization for the collection of used beverage cans (UBCs) which will make the company the largest UBC procurement company in North America. This follows the announcement that...
LME Aluminum Cash Price Sees Small Jump
The aluminum cash price saw the biggest upwards shift for the day, rising 2.2 percent on the LME to close at $1,908 per metric ton on July 20, 2012. At $1,934, the aluminum 3-month price finished the market day on the LME up 2.1 percent per metric ton. Indian aluminum cash price fell 1.2 percent....
Recycle wonder: Man creates unique artworks from used aluminium cans
An enterprising artist is turning his trash into cash by using empty aluminium cans to create unique artworks that sell for thousands. Jeff Ivanhoe, 67, has spent more than 30 years painstakingly piecing together his 'AluMosaics'; carving cans into tiny pieces then arranging the colourful strips...
Girl Scouts recycle 209 pounds of aluminum cans in 16-week period
A Halethorpe-based Girl Scout troop finished seventh in a national competition by recycling thousands of aluminum cans during a 16-week campaign. As part of the Great American Can Roundup Scout/Council Challenge that began Jan. 15, members of Troop 496 collected discarded cans by placing containers...
Novelis quits can recycling venture with Alcoa
Aluminum products maker Novelis said on Monday it has pulled out of a joint venture with Alcoa Inc to recycle beverage cans and will set up its own recycling business. Alcoa said it would assume full control of the Evermore joint venture effective Aug. 31. The two companies have been partners since...
Scrap metal reforms take step closer to law in UK
It is reported that proposed reforms of the laws governing the scrap metal trade have progressed to the committee stage, after MPs voted in favor of proposals at a debate in the House of Commons on July 13th 2012. The reforms have been tabled as a Private Members Bill by Conservative backbench MP...
Chinese and Indian Aluminum Prices up on Daily Metal Price Index
Rising 0.5 percent, the cash price of Indian primary aluminum experienced the biggest change on our daily aluminum price index for July 9, 2012. Conversely, the primary aluminum cash price saw a 0.2 percent decline on the LME to $1,910 per metric ton. Also on the LME, the 3-month price of aluminum...
Phoenix Scrap Metal Accepting Scrap Alloys and Aluminum Cans
Executives at Glendale Iron & Metal, a Phoenix scrap metal business, today announced the company is accepting scrap alloys and aluminum cans. The company has been in business for more than 45 years and has become an industry leader with the best prices in town and the fastest processing time. The...
LME Aluminum 3-month price dropped by 0.9 percent
Following two days of increases on the LME, the aluminum 3-month price dropped by 0.9 percent to end at $1,947 per metric ton on July 6, 2012. Weakening prices followed two days of improvement as the primary aluminum cash price dropped 0.8 percent on the LME to $1,914 per metric ton on our daily...
Cayman Islands boost Recycling
A common whinge in the Cayman Islands is the lack of recycling, but there is now a major push under way to recycle aluminium cans and glass bottles locally. The Department of Environment Health has supplied aluminium can recycling containers to apartment and condominium complexes along West Bay...
Reward program to boost recycling
The company that handles garbage collection for most of Brevard County has started rolling out a program to reward customers for recycling more. Waste Management is offering the program through Recyclebank, a New York-based company that gives people points for their recycling efforts that can be...
County recycling program strives to improve recycling
Carroll County Recycling Operations has received two regional honors, but county recycling manager Maria Myers says she would like to see even more improvement in the county’s 41 percent recycling rate. Carroll County Recycling Operations received the 2012 Extraordinary Achievement Award from the...
Japan aluminum alloy prices slip due to cheaper European feedstock
The prices of ADC12 secondary aluminum alloy in Japan are softening on the back of cheaper scrap feedstock from European countries, putting downward pressure on ADC12 import prices, market sources said Tuesday. Japanese traders said domestic ADC12 prices had fallen this week, partly due to an...
