Weak domestic markets are holding back aluminium scrap sorting investments, WBCSD study finds
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...
ADC12 prices rise for consecutive weeks, profit improvement and marginal demand recovery
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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Recycled aluminium recap: Covid resurgence impacts on secondary aluminium shipments of Henan province; Bolt recycles its retired scooters to create aluminium jewellery collection
Recycling is proven to be more of a need than a cause for concern in the socioeconomic climate of today when the world is buzzing with issues like a growing global population, rising carbon emissions, rising energy expenses, and a scarcity of feedstock. The Henan province's secondary...
Hong Kong’s recycled aluminium jewellery brand Wind.n.Sand uses coffee pods as raw material
Hong Kong-based designer Charlotte Wong Ka-man has revolutionised the use of recycled aluminium by incorporating them in making Wind.n.Sand’s flagship sustainable jewellery. The eco-friendly accessories brand upcycles around 500 used aluminium coffee pods each month to produce key chains, hair-tie...
Bolt recycles its retired scooters to create aluminium jewellery collection
Bolt has collaborated with Tanel Veenre, a renowned Estonian designer, to remodel its retired scooters into fashion jewellery. With his indomitable expertise, the award-winning designer has put together the "Hardwear collection" that features almost 100 hand-crafted bracelets, earrings and...
Covid resurgence impacts on secondary aluminium shipments of Henan province
The resurgence of the Covid pandemic across China has significantly impacted secondary aluminium-producing companies in the Henan province. According to an SMM survey, the pandemic generally affected the production and shipment of secondary aluminium facilities in the local area. A company in...
US primary aluminium monthly production plunges 14,000 tonnes in July’22
According to the US Census Bureau data, domestic primary aluminium production in July 2022 was 64,000 tonnes, with daily average output at 2,070 tonnes. Compared to the previous month, monthly aluminium production in July edged 14,000 tonnes or 17.95 per cent lower than 78,000 tonnes and daily...
Pondy Oxides & Chemicals aims to open aluminium recycling facility in Tamil Nadu
Pondy Oxides & Chemicals, one of India's top secondary lead smelters, is planning to build an aluminium recycling/melting facility at its current location in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. The project is a part of the company's expansion strategy for 2022, with a projected total expenditure of INR 5...
US aluminium scrap exports to Malaysia augments by 960.45% in 2Q2022
Aluminium is a very resilient metal that can be recycled repeatedly without losing its original value. Recycling aluminium conserves 95 per cent of the energy required to produce the same quantity of aluminium from scratch. Recycling metals isn't always as simple as it may be. Steel is the hardest...
Gravita India starts commercial aluminium production at a new recycling plant in Senegal
Gravita India, Jaipur-based aluminium recycler and alloy ingot producer, has reportedly announced the start of commercial aluminium production at a new recycling plant owned by its step down subsidiary situated in Senegal, West Africa. The plant, with an annual capacity of around 4,000 MTPA,...
Explosion at Atharva Metalcraft manufacturing unit injures 7 workers
On Saturday, October 8, Atharva Metalcraft, a scrap processing facility in Ludhiana, witnessed a severe accident which injured seven people working there. According to the police, the machine used for compressing scrap material exploded, resulting in the blast. Two of the seven workers were...
Yampa Valley Sustainability Council requests Coloradans to prioritize aluminium recycling for October
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council (YVSC) collaborate to inform Coloradans about the best trash management techniques. Residents are being urged by YVSC to purchase and recycle aluminium and other metal containers over plastic...
Kaiser Aluminium undertakes recovery measures after a fire broke at its Sherman plant, Tennessee
Kaiser Aluminium recently faced a mishap at their Sherman plant in Texas, where a probable furnace explosion had caused a fire damaging instruments at the company's disposal. Due to the unexpected event, Franklin-based Kaiser Aluminium is now preparing for a production cut in making their patent...
Recycled aluminium weekly recap: Runaya to acquire two SARAH hot dross processing units from Taha International; Nivea turns towards green aluminium inducing circular economy
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) during their Convention & Exposition (ISRI2022) in late March found Greg Wittbecker, an advisor to London-based CRU International referring to the scarcity of primary aluminium worldwide and encouraging the growth of scrap recycle to fill in the...
ISRI Commodity Roundtables: Both recycled and primary aluminium demand witnesses a ‘marked turnaround’
Greg Wittbecker, an advisor to London-based CRU International, reported that aluminium experienced a "marked turnaround in primary demand" since scrap processors and traders gathered in Las Vegas for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Convention & Exposition (ISRI2022) in late...
US aluminium scrap exports to India jump 243% Q-o-Q to 112,700 tonnes in 2Q2022
According to the US Geological Survey, the United States exported 40,900 tonnes of aluminium scrap to India in June 2022, bringing the total amount of exports in the second quarter to 112,700 tonnes. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the scrap exports from the US to India in Q2 stood 242.66 per cent...
US aluminium scrap imports from Canada in 2Q2022 surge by 20.18% to 102,400 tonnes
In the first quarter of 2022 (1Q2022), the United States imported a total of 85,200 tonnes of aluminium scrap from Canada, which surged by 17,200 tonnes or 20.18 per cent in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q2022). As per the USGS data, the total amount of aluminium scrap imported from Canada in 2Q2022...
Swisstek Aluminium launches new online portal which will make scrap selling in Sri Lanka easier
The Sri Lankan exporter of quality aluminium extrusion products to the global market, Swisstek Aluminium Ltd, launched a website ( www.metals.lk ) that will make selling scrap in Sri Lanka easier. The website has been created for the Ministry of Industries and Industrial Development Board (IDB),...
Sortera Alloys to shift operations to a new 200,000 sq. ft. processing facility in Markle, hoping to scale up alloy scrap recycling
On Wednesday, September 7, Sortera Alloys, Inc., an Indiana-based producer of low-cost, high-quality aluminium alloys, announced its expansion plan on a new 200,000 sq. ft. processing facility in Markle. As per the report, formal groundbreaking of the new site will take place in the fourth quarter...
Steinert Gmbh contrives the first sorting plant in Europe for aluminium alloys
Steinert Gmbh, founded in 1889, has successfully established the first LIBS sorting plant in Europe to extract secondary raw material after sorting aluminium scrap. Nowadays, the need for good quality aluminium is soaring, and organisations are toiling hard to keep the purity of their recycled...
