A WBCSD study says advanced sorting technology is available, but stronger demand for grade-specific secondary aluminium is needed to unlock investment. Technology for sorting mixed aluminium scrap has advanced significantly, but weak domestic markets for some recovered grades are limiting...
This week, domestic aluminium scrap prices in China remained largely stable, with some slight increases. Although primary aluminium prices rose notably, aluminium scrap struggled to catch up, and the price difference between A00 aluminium and aluminium scrap stayed high. In terms of prices, as of...
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Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), a counterpart of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, has invested US$24.5 million to expand its development project for a technologically advanced production line for aluminium coils. GARMCO kept the project’s course aligned with the decisions taken by its...
Federal Metal Co., Bedford, USA, has announced an investment of around $17.8 million in building and equipping a facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to melt post-consumer aluminium-copper radiators to create recycled-content metal products. According to Peter Nagusky, Federal Metal’s president...
Norway-based manufacturer of lighting and heating products, Glamox AS, has vouched to use recycled aluminium instead of conventional primary aluminium to make its flagship LED lights. With a mission to reach Net Zero by 2030, the company has made this declaration extremely transparent. Glamox AS...
Glencore, one of the world's largest globally diversified natural resource companies, has reportedly entered into a partnership with scrap brokerage Zeb Metals to advance its aluminium scrap and dross recycling operation at a new plant in South Carolina, USA. The plant is scheduled to commence...
According to the US Geological Survey, India imported 102,900 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the United States during the fourth quarter of 2022, which reflected a sequential downfall of 20.11 per cent from 128,800 million tonnes in Q3 2022. In total, India imported 231,700 million tonnes of...
Alutrade, the UK’s largest independent aluminium recycling company and extrusion specialist, is the first company in the world to reap the benefits of the sophisticated new sensor-based sorting solution. The new X-TRACT™, TOMRA’s most advanced x-ray metals sorting unit, has enabled Alutrade to...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau survey, the United States domestic primary aluminium production in December 2022 grew by 2,000 tonnes or 3.23 per cent month-on-month, amounting to 64,000 tonnes. That brought the country's total output in the last quarter of the year to 190,000 tonnes, up by...
The Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), in its first major recycling campaign for 2023, collected 7,357 kg of aluminium cans. This year, the campaign “Can Collection Day” was held on Sunday, February 26, under the theme “Say: Yes to Can Recycling, No to Carbon Emissions”. Mrs Habiba Al Mar’ashi,...
Leading grain refiner specialist MQP – which is set to present new technical research at TMS 2023 in the US this month – has committed to the advancement of sustainable manufacturing by making the production of its super-efficient Optifine 5:1 125 a ‘closed loop’ process. John Courtenay, Chairman...
AlCircle: Please tell us about the functionalities of your technologies used for recovering aluminium scrap. Do they aid in reducing carbon emissions? Mr Carmelo Maria Brocato: Since the day of its foundation – sometime in 1998 – Engitec Technologies has dedicated its research to technologies...
The United States aluminium scrap imports from Mexico dropped by 2,400 tonnes or 15.58 per cent month-on-month, standing at 13,000 tonnes during November 2022, found the US Geological Survey. In October 2022, the country’s import from Mexico was 15,400 tonnes; however, up by 8.45 per cent or 1,200...
India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States have been falling through the past three months to reach as low as 28,800 tonnes in November 2022 versus 40,800 tonnes in October, according to the US Census Bureau data. That was a month-on-month decline of 12,000 tonnes or 29.41 per cent in...
The South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate, Samsung ’s flag-bearer product line and when it comes to a trustworthy premium android experience, Samsung Galaxy S series has redefined the peak performance for millions. Galaxy S23 lovers are swooning over the recently-launched series...
After the Paris Environmental Act of 2015, all the major aluminium consuming regions on the planet are finding ways to increase the use of recycled aluminium. RUSAL, Russia’s giant producer of aluminium has decided to process end-of-life aluminium or scrap aluminium into foundry alloys so that they...
According to a recent report, Hydro has planned to initiate the production of remelt aluminium scrap ingot at Wrexham plant, UK, to increase the recycling of post-consumer scrap. This project will take the company closer to its sustainability drive by enabling it to offer more low-carbon aluminium...
The Russian aluminium giant and one of the leading producers of aluminium in the world, RUSAL, initiated using end-of-life aluminium scrap to produce foundry alloys for the automotive industry. RUSAL reduced the new product's total carbon footprint by nearly 20 per cent due to this production....
With its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, Lindemann Metal Recycling has been doing business in Brazil since the 1970s. As per the latest reports, the global manufacturer of machinery and solution provider for scrap processing, including aluminium, has appointed Tainá Rodrigues as its new...
The leader in aluminium recycling, Hydro Extrusion USA, has been accused of an air pollution crime and charged almost half a million dollars in penalties. The recycling firm has taken up the blame and agreed to pay up. As early as August 2022, Federal prosecutors had led the accusation statement...
