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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Boy Scouts collecting aluminum cans to recycle
Boy Scout Troop 178, chartered by the Morton United Methodist Men, continues to actively collect and recycle aluminum cans to fund local scouting activities. Crushed or uncrushed cans in plastic bags may be deposited in the metal collection bin located at the back of the lot on the west side of...
BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous January 2012
BIR: The following article is based on the latest Non-Ferrous World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members. A stuttering start to 2012 has been influenced by the unusual circumstance that Christmas/New Year festivities in many parts of the world are separated...
Oman has potential to become regional centre for aluminium recycling in the GCC
Oman has the potential to become a major aluminium recycling centre servicing the industry across the GCC in the future, an industry leader told delegates who attended the ARABAL 2011 conference in Oman - the 15th time the event has been held. Frederic Rouyer, the Chief Executive of Oman Aluminium...
Japan secondary aluminium output drop in November
According to Japan Aluminium Refiners Association, Japanese secondary aluminium and alloyed aluminium ingot output decreased by 0.7% to 69,710 tonnes in November from a year earlier. The shipment decreased by 1.1% to 69,904 tonnes. The output decreased for the first time in 3 months and the...
Economical preheating furnace improves safety
Most smelters add cold aluminium metal to the charge of molten aluminium in the casthouse furnaces. This metal may be in the form of sows, pure offcuts, or other scrap arisings. Such metal is frequently stored outdoors and can be wet. Charging of damp aluminium to hot furnaces results in the...
Recycling | Aluminum Cans
In the United States, approximately 31% of all aluminum products comes from recycled scrap. That's a great number, but with more help by everyone, we could make that number climb. By recycling your aluminum products you are helping the environment in several ways. One of which is conserving energy....
Recycling center to be built at Alunorf
Novelis Inc. has commissioned a recycling center expansion at Aluminium Norf GmbH in Neuss. Hannelore Kraft, Prime Minister of North Rhine, officially opened the new facility at a ceremony attended by company representatives, customers and local officials. The event marked the commissioning of the...
Oman has potential to be major hub for aluminium recycling center
Oman has the potential to become a major aluminium recycling centre servicing the industry across the GCC in the future, an industry leader told delegates who attended the ARABAL 2011 conference in Oman the 15th time the event has been held. Mr Frederic Rouyer CEO of Oman Aluminium Processing...
Aluminum scrap market price slightly lowers in Osaka
Aluminium scrap market price decreased by JPY 2 per kilogram for high grade scrap around Osaka when primary aluminium market price maintains downtrend. Local secondary aluminium alloy makers purchase high grade new cutting scrap at around JPY 150 per kg, aluminium sash scrap at around JPY 127 and...
Reactions mixed as recycler stops paying CRV fees
Reactions were mixed at the Burbank Recycle Center on Tuesday — the first day the facility stopped paying CRV reimbursement for recyclables after its operator was slapped with allegations that it filed $33 million in fraudulent claims at another recycling center. The change threatens to drive...
Can recycling project
SOMETIMES it's better to focus on what you can do, rather than worry about what you can't. That's the motto at a Whaddon day centre for adults with learning disabilities, where a pioneering can recycling project is paying dividends for some of Cheltenham's most vulnerable people. Clients at the...
Recycling of aluminium foil
Just in time for Christmas and all those mince pies, Aberdeenshire Council has introduced the collection of aluminium foil trays for recycling. Please make sure trays are clean and clear of food residue then just place them in your black recycling box along with food and drink cans. If you do not...
Scrap metal dealers call for independent audit
A SCRAP Metal dealers pressure group has called for an independent audit to determine the price of scrap metal in the country to facilitate fair trade between them and manufacturers. Pressure group chairperson Fabian Chisulo said a committee was instituted recently to look into the price mechanism...
Aluminum Recycling Program to Benefit Habitat for Humanity
You can help the environment by recycling your aluminum cans and help a local Habitat for Humanity chapter at the same time in Lexington. Wise Recycling is donating a portion of its proceeds from each recycled aluminum can to the local Habitat for Humanity chapter. The company wants to raise...
Aluminum alloy makers cut scrap price in Tokyo for H2 December
JMB reported that aluminum scrap dealers agreed with secondary alloyed aluminum makers for aluminum scrap price for second half of December around Tokyo. The price is flat as the first half and decreases by JPY 2to JPY 3 per kilogram for some items. The scrap price and shipment remains slow toward...
Bottom ash a major source of metals
Collection of metals from bottom ash at waste-to-energy plants can make an important contribution to a more resource-efficient Europe. The Packaging Group of the European Aluminium Association (EAA) and the Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP) estimate that, for Europe as a...
Aluminium products are sustainable
Building materials such as DecoWood timber look aluminium products, available from Decorative Imaging are highly sustainable, according to findings from a recent global research by the International Aluminium Institute. The research into the sustainability of aluminium reveals that while the life...
US-India agreement aims to improve aluminium recycling
The US-headquartered Aluminum Association has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Aluminium Association of India which aims to boost recycling of the metal. The associations agreed to cooperate to improve recycling by exchanging information on reuse programmes in transportation,...
