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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India’s metal recycling company CMR Green Technologies files IPO paperwork with SEBI
CMR Green Technologies, the metal recycling company and India’s largest producer of aluminium and zinc die-casting alloys with a combined annual capacity of over approx. 310,700 tonnes has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator ‘Securities and Exchange Board of India’ (SEBI) to...
India’s aluminium scrap imports from US increase 6,000 tonnes M-o-M to 34,100 tonnes in July 2021
According to the latest data shown by the US Census Bureau, India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States in July 2021 stood at 34,100 tonnes, which reflected an increase of 6,000 tonnes or 21.35 per cent month-on-month. In June 2021, India imported 28,100 tonnes of aluminium scrap from...
AMAG presents path to climate neutrality and sets into operation Austria's largest rooftop photovoltaic system
In the presence of owner representatives, the chairman of state government, Thomas Stelzer, and guests from the region, the AMAG board of directors presented the path to climate-neutral production by 2040 on September 15, 2021. As a major milestone on this path, the largest rooftop Photovoltaic...
Scepter Group to supply Novelis with 200,000 tonnes of low carbon aluminium rolling slab
The Scepter Group, a recognized leader in aluminum dross and scrap recycling, announced on Wednesday, September 15, that it signed a multi-year agreement with rolled products major Novelis to supply more than 200,000 tonnes of low carbon rolling slab with up to 95 per cent recycled content. The...
Gravita starts off aluminium production from its new recycling plant in Mozambique
Gravita India had made public that a step-down subsidiary of the company located at the Southeast coast of Africa, Mozambique has commenced commercial production of Aluminium from its new recycling facility with an annual capacity of around 4,000 MTPA in addition to its existing lead recycling...
South Korea: The billion-dollar aluminium scrap import market demonstrates volatile movement during 2019-21, expenditure tends to upsurge
The manufacturing sector has navigated South Korea’s expeditious economic development, switching it into a global industrial hub. The country is one the largest shipbuilding destination, fifth in car making, sixth largest steel producer and a billion-dollar surplus importer of aluminium scrap....
Slovenia’s import of aluminium scrap during 2018-20 exemplifies rapid growth followed by a marginal drop; 8% upswing predicted for 2021
The second most recycled metal after the steel is aluminium, and about one-third of all aluminium is extracted from scrap products. Recycling of aluminium diminishes the need for raw materials and also restricts the usage of valuable energy resources. The primary benefits of aluminium recycling are...
US aluminium scrap imports from Canada improve 7% to 105,200 tonnes in Q2 2021; Imports in H1 surge 29%
The United States imports of aluminium scrap from Canada stood at 36,900 tonnes in June 2021, an increase of 2,800 tonnes or 8.21 per cent month-on-month, found the US Census Bureau. In May, the US imported 34,100 tonnes of aluminium scrap, essentially unchanged from 34,200 tonnes in April 2021....
New life for recycled aluminium, credit to Centro Rottami, Indinvest and TOMRA’s sensor-based sorting machines
In the province of Latina, a scrap recycler supplies a nearby foundry with recycled aluminium that has been sorted by TOMRA’s machines to produce a green billet with 85% recycled content. This is an outstanding example of how to create a quality finished product with lower energy consumption and...
South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US declines by 15% in January-June 2021
South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 15,900 tonnes in June 2021, from 21,600 tonnes in June 2020, marking a decrease of 26.39% year-on-year. On a monthly basis, imports declined by 14.52% from 18,600 tonnes in May 2021, as updated by the US Census Bureau. For the first six...
2020: Japan’s export of aluminium scrap displays five nations absorbed 57% volume of total trade
Japan ranks as the world's third-largest automobile manufacturing nation and is also recognized as the largest electronics goods industry. However, the major Japanese export industries comprise automobiles, consumer electronics, computers, semiconductors, and iron and steel. Furthermore, the...
Recycled Aluminium Weekly Recap: Hydro to expand aluminium recycling capacity at its Sjunnen plant; India’s aluminium scrap imports from US grow more than 8% in Q2 2021
The week witnessed announcement of Hydro’s aluminium recycling capacity Sjunnen extrusion plant and India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States. Some of the major highlights of the week are: Hydro will expand its aluminium recycling capacity at its Sjunnen extrusion plant in Sweden by...
Kazakhstan’s export of aluminium scraps from 2018-21 exhibits volatile movement
In October 2020, the Government of Kazakhstan has published a draft which mandated to stress the country's ban on scrap metal exports by truck. The barring of exports comprised of used and exhausted pipes, rails, railway elements and rolling stock, but excludes alloyed and resistant steel scrap....
India: Aluminium scrap recyclers in Gujarat urge Govt. to abstain from implementing BIS grade quality import
The leading association that creates awareness and impotence of recycling, metal recycling trade among members, All India Non-Ferrous Metal Exim Association (ANMA), which comprises around 500 aluminium scrap recyclers in Gujarat, has urged the Union government to abstain from enforcing BIS (Bureau...
Hydro to expand aluminium recycling capacity at its Sjunnen plant
Hydro will expand its aluminium recycling capacity at its Sjunnen extrusion plant in Sweden by 50% in a €11.3 million expansion. The expansion, which will be finalized by the end of 2022, will meet increased market demand for low-carbon aluminium profiles across all industries where Hydro...
India’s aluminium scrap imports from US grow more than 8% in Q2 2021 despite a dip in June
India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States stood at 28,100 tonnes in June 2021, reflecting a downfall of 1,500 tonnes or 5.07 per cent from 29,600 tonnes in May, found the latest data from the US Census Bureau. However, on a year-on-year basis, the imports stood 119.53 per cent higher...
Recycled Aluminium Weekly Recap: Tata Motors ties up with Gujarat govt. to set up vehicle scrapping centre, eyeing 99% materials recovery including aluminium; Recycling and sustainable solutions driving the demand of aluminium cans in packaging industry: Ball Beverage Packaging, India
The aluminium recycled sector remained quite spotlighted this week, primarily due to the Tata Motors proposal to build a 36,000 vehicle per year scrapping facility in Gujarat, India came down in a row with the country’s focus to increase domestic scrap metal processing capacity and diminish...
US primary aluminium production in June 2021 reflects a 4% drop M-o-M to 72,000 tonnes; Average daily production remains unchanged
The latest data from the US Census Bureau shows that domestic primary aluminium production in the United States in June 2021 stood at 72,000 tonnes. That reflected a decrease of 3,000 tonnes or 4 per cent from 75,000 tonnes in May. On a year-on-year calculation, the output in June stood 17,000...
