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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Bozemanites Create Art With Aluminum Recycling
Folks were invited to turn their recycling into works of art at the Bozeman Sculpture Park, Saturday. Participants carved out their custom design, making a mold which was then cast with melted aluminum cans. It was a celebration of Library Kids' Workshop day and a fundraiser for the Bozeman...
Metal Recycling Co. Pleads Guilty of Failing to Report Emissions
A Minnesota company that recycles metal to make aluminum alloy pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court for failing to report pollutant emissions to the EPA and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), the Department of Justice said. The plea agreement requires Spectro Alloys Corporation,...
Chinese Cash Price Sees 0.4 per cent Drop
The cash price of primary Chinese aluminum saw a 0.4 percent drop on June 6, 2012, making it the biggest mover of the day on global aluminum markets. Chinese aluminum billet ended the day after a 0.2 percent drop yesterday. The price of Chinese aluminum bar held steady at above $2,200 per metric...
Japan aluminum scrap suppliers refuse to cut prices despite lower LME
Japanese suppliers of scrap aluminum have refused to cut prices for June shipments citing high primary aluminum import premiums, although scrap prices are typically pegged to London Metal Exchange prices, sources said Wednesday. A secondary aluminum smelter official and two local traders said they...
Global Aluminum Price update
On May 30, 2012, the Indian aluminum cash price fell by 0.4 percent, making it the day’s biggest mover on global aluminum markets. The LME aluminum 3-month price showed little movement on Wednesday at $2,019 per metric ton. On the LME, the cash price of primary aluminum saw little change in its...
Teachers and Artists to Dig for Treasure in Coventry Recycling Scrapstore
Recycling is getting a creative makeover with the launch of a new scrap-store in Hillfields. Coventry Recycling of Waste (CROW) is throwing open its doors, inviting students, teachers and artists to raid its collection of materials. From plastic to paper and fabrics, the recycling operation...
Uncertain future for Aluminium recycling plant in Kuri Kuri
A plant that recycles waste product from the Kurri Kurri Aluminium smelter is one of many downstream industries that will be affected by its closure. While 344 full-time jobs will be lost at the smelter, it is believed hundreds of other indirect jobs will also go. Weston Aluminium has operated...
Drive-Through Metals Recycling Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah
Western Metals Recycling, a Utah-based subsidiary of Nucor, on Wednesday will open a 24,000-square-foot drive-through metals recycling facility at its headquarters, 4201 W. 700 South in Salt Lake City. The recycling center will buy ferrous scrap, as well as common household nonferrous scrap metal...
Transform used tea lights into frying pans: the Recycle Boon!
The young and old winners of the environmental competition Tea Light Hunt are mesmerised by the sight of used tea cups transforming into frying pans! They were greeted on Friday by local school musicians, three managers on a field trip and a magician who turned tea lights into frying pans, when...
Import Volume of Aluminum Scrap Decreased 4.5%
According to China Customs that China imported 210 thousand tons of aluminum scrap in April decreased 4.5% compared with March, then from January to April imported 784 thousand tons totally decreased 1.5% yoy. The high import cost and weak demand in secondary aluminum industry were the main reasons...
Giant seaside sculpture made from recycled aluminium creating stir
David Stockdale used almost 500 aluminium horseshoes to create his popular sculpture Flying Without Wings. It was the first time the Calista sculptor had worked with recycled materials and he says it will not be the last. PICTURE GALLERY | Stockdale, who has long had an interest in horse...
Group aims to boost recycling rates through awareness
A grass-roots organization wants to see more recyclables going into the city’s new green totes. Members of the newly formed Buffalo Recycling Alliance said they want to help the city encourage recycling and reduction of waste by raising awareness. “We’re at kind of an exciting moment, where we have...
3-Month Price of LME primary aluminum falls 1.2%
On May 9, 2012, the day’s biggest mover was the 3-month price of primary aluminum, which saw a 1.2 percent decline on the LME to $2,063 per metric ton. The cash price of primary aluminum fell 1.1 percent to $2,026 per metric ton yesterday on the LME after two days of no change. The cash price of...
SMM launches China Scrap Aluminum Industry Chain Analysis 2011
China's total imports of scrap aluminum stayed high at 2.686 million mt in 2011, though falling 5.9% from a year earlier. As domestic scrap aluminum recycling increases, Chinese aluminum recycling businesses now use more domestically produced aluminum scrap. On the other side, the increase in...
China imports 375,258 mt unwrought copper and 94,352 mt aluminium during April
SHANGHAI,May. 10 -- According to the preliminary data from the General Administration of Customs, China's imports of unwrought copper and copper semis were 375,258 mt during April, with YTD imports from January to April at 1,735,958 mt, up 48.8% YoY. China's imports of scrap copper were 370 kt...
Indian primary aluminum price moves down 2.7 percent
Yesterday saw Indian primary aluminum cash price move down 2.7 percent, following three quiet days. The LME primary aluminum cash price saw little price change yesterday at $2,048 per metric ton. The primary aluminum 3-month price saw little movement on Tuesday on the LME, closing out around $2,088...
Daily Aluminum Market reports show upward price trend in India and China
Indian primary aluminum saw a 1.4 percent increase on May 2, 2012, making it the biggest upwards shift of the day on global aluminum markets. After a 0.4 percent increase, the primary aluminum cash price finished the day on the LME at $2,067 per metric ton. Also on the LME, the 3-month price of...
Daily Aluminum Price Roundup – April 26, 2012
On April 25, 2012, primary aluminum cash prices experienced the biggest change, rising 0.9 percent on the LME to $2,030 per metric ton. At $2,069, the 3-month price of primary aluminum finished the market day on the LME up 0.8 percent per metric ton. The cash price of Indian primary aluminum prices...
