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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PSC Metals Inc. acquires competitors
PSC Metals Inc. today announced it's acquired the assets of two Knoxville recycling companies. The fast-growing company said it purchased Metals Solutions, a producer of secondary aluminum, and Knox Recycling Inc., a broker. Metals Solutions’ operations will be folded into PSC Metals’ operation at...
EMAL focuses on waste reduction strategy to maximize recycling
EMAL continuously invests in the best sustainable technologies and emission controls to insure that its impact on the environment is kept to a minimum. These include steps to curb CO2 output by 70 per cent compared to fossil-fuel powered smelters, an environment-monitoring programme to assess air...
Mansfield firm offers new approach to scrap metal
A UK scrap dealer says his new indoor facility in Mansfield will make it easier for folk to recycle old metal - and get paid as part of the deal. Vic Baum, who has 20 years of experience in the metal recycling industry, opened up new premises on Anglia Way two months ago after agreeing a deal with...
BIR world mirror on non-ferrous metals October 2011
The following article is based on the latest Non-Ferrous World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body. An acute sense of caution is pervading the non-ferrous metal markets in response to the unresolved sovereign debt crisis in the EU, sluggish growth in the USA and further monetary...
European aluminium scrap prices down but market confident
European aluminium scrap prices fell on Friday as market participants reported lower prices in the week, but prices had stabilised by Friday and ingot producers reported good business levels in the face of growing economic uncertainty. Floated frag fell to €1,260-1,320 ($1,732-1,814) per tonne from...
Scrap market
Snapping a four-day losing streak, base metals recovered up to Rs 5 per kg on the local non-ferrous metal market today on revival of buying by stockists on pick-up in industrial demand amid a firming global trend. The following were today''s quotations in Rs per kg:aluminium ingots 110, sheet...
US aluminum scrap exports log new 3-year high in Aug.
U.S. aluminum scrap exporters maintained their summer momentum, with shipments hitting a new three-year high as they approached the 200,000-short-tons mark in August. Monthly exports of 199,987 tons rose 2.4 percent from July’s 195,300 tons and beat by 15.7 percent the August 2010 tally of 172,904...
FVCC recycling drive helping students
Folks had the chance to recycle their cans and other aluminum products to help fund scholarships for local Flathead students on Wednesday. The Flathead Valley Renewable Resource Club hosted an aluminum can and scrap metal drive to benefit the Glen Ford Memorial student scholarship. Club members...
UK aluminium scrap prices sink as LME, demand falls
UK aluminium scrap prices fell again on Wednesday, with purer grades following London Metal Exchange primary aluminium downwards and commercial grades suffering from softer demand. In the pure grades, group 1 pure 99% scrap and group 1 litho both fell to £1,210-1,280 ($1,905-2,015) per tonne from...
Base metals drop on global cues
Base metal prices dropped at the non-ferrous metals market here today on hectic stockists selling reacting to fall in the London Metal Exchange (LME). The industrial metals declined at the London Metal Exchange over German comments that European summit at Brussels could not produce a definitive...
US Scrap Aluminum Output Up Slightly On Month
Total aluminum recovered from scrap in the U.S. in August was 260,000 tons, slightly higher than 257,000 tons the previous month and 10% higher than the 207,000 tons recovered in August 2010. Of this, 139,000 tons of aluminum was recovered from new scrap, slightly higher than the 136,000 tons...
US nonferrous exports hit 37-month high
Nonferrous scrap exports, boosted by stronger offshore sales of copper and aluminum, surged to a more-than-three-year high in August. Shipments climbed to 350,615 short tons, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Commerce Department. That displaced July’s 343,231-ton total as the high mark...
Waste firm's £2.5m recycling facility is given the go-ahead
A Redruth-based waste disposal company has secured planning permission to build a £2.5 million recycling facility close to its headquarters, creating 20 jobs. H&A Waste Services has already invested an additional £400,000 in a plot of land adjacent to its Cardrew Industrial Estate base, where it...
Nonferrous Scrap market report in Netherlands
Things are still very quiet mainly due to the drop in prices. People are holding onto material. Aluminum is still going pretty well. That is kind of a constant. Copper spreads haven’t changed even though the prices have dropped because there is still have enough stock. That may change in the...
Scrap market facts
In the local non-ferrous metal market today on scattered demand from consuming industries,today's quotations in Rs per kg were:aluminium ingots 113, sheet cutting 114, aluminium wire scrap 115 and aluminium utensils scrap 110. Traders said fresh demand from consuming industries helped copper prices...
Culture of recycling
OMAN is committed to sustainable development.One of the key elements that advances this noble practice is recycling.Oman’s commitment to environmental protection and cleanliness is also well known. Recycling is a great way in saving the environment and maintaining all-round cleanliness. According...
Tianjin Aotong Becomes Biggest Export Base of Recycled Aluminium Alloy in North
Tianjin Aotong Metal Products Co.Ltd has become the biggest export base of recycled aluminum alloy in north. The company has formed a production scale of 500,00tons aluminum alloy per year through technical innovation, investment and optimizing production factors. Aotong imports scrap metals as raw...
US aluminum scrap prices said on fragile ground
Aluminum scrap prices have come under pressure after one large consumer stepped away from the market and others refuse to buy long. The lack of visibility on year-end production volumes has made scrap buyers wary of purchasing forward, they told AMM, noting that they have built sufficient inventory...
