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 aluminium scrap imports from the US up by 6% in nine months
India’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US came in at 35,500 tonnes in September 2020, with a month-on-month increase of 31%. India had imported 27,000 tonnes in August 2020. On a yearly, basis, imports dropped by 67% from 21,000 tonnes in September 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In...
United States primary aluminium production extends downfall by 10% to 72,000 tonnes in September 2020
In September 2020, primary aluminium production in the United States extended downfall to stand at 72,000 tonnes versus 80,000 tonnes in August, according to the data recently released by the US Geological Survey. In August, the output was down by 2,000 tonnes month-on-month, but in September, it...
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries hires Cheryl Coleman as Vice President of Sustainability
On Tuesday, December 1, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced that it hired Cheryl Coleman as vice president of sustainability. Coleman will be responsible to look after the development and execution of an integrated strategy addressing the priorities of the segments of the...
INSERTEC sells Two Aluminium Recycling Lines at a time in China
INSERTEC is proud to announce the signature of two contracts with HENAN MINGTAI TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, located in Gongyi, Henan Province, China, for the supply of Two Aluminium Recycling Lines. The new Plant of HENAN MINGTAI will get into operation in 2021 and will produce aluminium alloy flat...
BIS quality standards are much needed to check cheap, sub-standard aluminium scrap imports into India, says experts
Aluminium Industry experts are reportedly emphasising the urgent need for BIS (The Bureau of Indian Standards) quality standards for aluminium scrap to hinder the imports and use of cheap and sub-standard scrap in India. The BIS standards will ensure quality, environment, and safety concerns as per...
Egypt’s export of Aluminium scrap during 2018-19 reflects growth; marginal drop analysed for 2020
The economy of Egypt has weakened mostly in un-free category for more than two decades. Growth of GDP over the past five years, however, has been healthy. The construction and energy sectors are the main engines of growth. The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic started in Egypt in March...
Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US stand 38% lower in eight months
Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US came in at 3,380 tonnes in August 2020, a decrease of 56% year-on-year. The Russia had exported 7,680 tonnes to the US in August 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. On a month on month...
Hammerer Aluminium Industries’ Santana S.R.L. facility certified against ASI Performance Standard
Hammerer Aluminium Industries’s re-melting and casting operations at the HAI Santana S.R.L. facility has received ASI Performance Standard Provisional Certification. The plant in Romania produces billets and rolling ingots from recycled aluminium scrap for automotive, electronics, transportation,...
Rio Tinto rolls-out new Aluminium alloys to support recycling by die casters
Rio Tinto is presenting a new family of unique aluminium alloys designed to entitle North American die-casters to enlarge their use of recycled content in the production of automotive parts, delivering improvements on both environmental footprint and production costs. The high-quality alloy series...
US aluminium scrap exports to Indonesia continue to grow for the third month in a row to 13,500 tonnes in Aug 2020
The United States aluminium scrap exports to Indonesia have been incessantly growing over the past three months since June 2020, following a month-on-month plunge in May from 5,620 tonnes to 4,510 tonnes. The US Geological Survey found the United States in August exported 13,500 tonnes of aluminium...
Alvance Aluminium to invest £94 million in building new aluminium casting & recycling facilities at Fort William smelter
Alvance Aluminium, a subsidiary of industrial tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, declared that it would invest £94 million in expanding its Fort William operations by building new facilities for aluminium casting and recycling. This project is expected to secure Fort William’s future as a ‘Green...
China’s secondary aluminium operating rates dropped in October than expected due to low downstream pre-scheduled orders
In October 2020, operating rates of China’s secondary aluminium industry declined 2.1 per cent month-on-month to stand at 57.5 per cent, found the Shanghai Metals Market. On a year-on-year calculation, the operating rates dropped by 3 per cent, marking a greater fall compared with last year’s...
Sri Lanka bans export of scrap metals, including Aluminium
The cabinet of ministers’ of the island nation in South Asia, Sri Lanka has decided to ban the export of metals scrap, which includes aluminium in a proposal to save them for domestic production. However, some scrap metal could be exported under a recommendation of the Industrial Development Board...
US aluminium scrap exports to Korea down by 3.25% M-o-M but up 2.59% Y-o-Y in August 2020
The United States aluminium scrap exports to the Republic of Korea dipped slightly in August 2020, the third largest destination for the US aluminium scrap exports. The latest data from the US Geological Survey shows the United States supplied 23,800 tonnes of aluminium scrap to Korea in August...
CBA’s Metalex to invest $9.3 million to boost aluminium billet capacity
Metalex has announced an investment of 50 million Reais ($9.3 million) to expand scrap treatment and extrusion billet production capacity, Fastmarkets MB reported. The expansion plan is divided in to two phases. Metalex, an industrial aluminium recycling unit in Araçariguama, is fully owned by...
India’s aluminium scrap imports from US extend growth by 24.4% M-o-M in August 2020
India’s aluminium scrap imports from the United States continued to increase in August 2020, according to the latest data released the US Geological Survey. The imports in August grew by 5,300 tonnes or 24.42 per cent from 21,700 tonnes in July to 27,000 tonnes. In June 2020, India’s aluminium...
The US exports of aluminium scrap rise 2% MoM in August; Exports to Malaysia down 16%
The US exports of aluminium scrap stood at 161,000 tonnes in August 2020. That was down 2.42% year-on-year, according to the latest report from the US Geological Survey. On a month-on-month comparison, exports rose by 1.9% from July’s export volume of 158,000 tonnes. The US exported 1.17 million...
US aluminium scrap exports to China decline for the second consecutive month in July 2020 to 8,500 tonnes
The United States aluminium scrap exports to China fell sharply in July 2020 by 13,100 tonnes or 60.64 per cent month-on-month to stand at 8,500 tonnes, marking the second consecutive month of decline, according to the US Geological Survey. In June 2020, the United States aluminium scrap exports...
