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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Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India: Processing to install import monitoring mechanism for aluminium items
In an effort to bring in transparency and accountability in pricing and quality of imports, the Government of India will put in place import monitoring systems for aluminium. According to sources, the Ministry of Mines is at an advanced stage of the process to bring in the import monitoring...
The aluminium scrap export of Spain shows stable growth during 2017-20
The Spanish aluminium industry is going through rough times at present, although the aluminium scrap export during 2017-19 has reflected significant growth, as the export volume stood at 303,944 tonnes and the revenue earnings stood at $334.20 million. The aluminium scrap export for 2020 has been...
Taiwan’s import of aluminium scrap from the US drops 51% in Q1 2020
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 2,950 tonnes in March, with a month-on-month decline of 15% from 3,480 tonnes in February 2020. On a yearly basis, imports decreased by 51% from 5,990 tonnes in March 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the first quarter of 2020,...
Croatia’s Aluminium scrap exportation market reflects robust growth during 2017-20
The economy of Croatia is a developing high-income service-based economy and with the tertiary sector accounting for 60% of total gross domestic product (GDP). The Croatian economy is one of the strongest economies in Southeast Europe. COVID-19 Pandemic has caused more than 400.000 workers to file...
Tanzania government announces to release Ocean Aluminium cargo held at port after thorough inspection
Tanzania government will release a consignment of aluminium products imported by the city-based Ocean Aluminium Company only after a thorough inspection by environmental experts. Such was the statement announced by the government last weekend. In Tanzania, under section 133(2) of the Environmental...
GARMCO Green initiative: A champion of environmental causes and for sustainable future
Middle-East’s largest downstream facilities, a Bahrain based international aluminium rolling mill, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill, GARMCO, has commenced on a transformative role in shaping the climate agenda through the GARMCO Green Initiative that sets the stage in steering the company’s vision for a...
Thailand’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US up by 11.36% MoM in March
Thailand’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 5,880 tonnes in March, an increase of 569.7% from 878 tonnes in March 2019. On a month-on-month basis, imports registered a rise of 11.36% from 5,280 tonnes in February, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the first quarter of 2020,...
India’s import of aluminium scrap from the US stands 55% higher in Q1 2020
India’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 34,100 tonnes in March, with a month-on-month increase of 3.65%. India had imported 32,900 tonnes in February 2020. On a yearly basis, imports increased by 31% from 26,100 tonnes in March 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the first...
Chinese secondary aluminium operating rates inch up 1.6 percentage points in May 2020
According to Shanghai Metals Market, operating rates across China’s secondary aluminium industry increased 1.6 percentage points month-on-month to stand at 48.69 per cent in May. In April, China’s secondary aluminium industry’s operating rates were 47.08 per cent, lowering 0.22 percentage point...
US primary aluminium output stands at 95,000 tonnes in March 2020; secondary recovery decreases 4% YoY
According to the latest report from the US Geological Survey, US domestic primary aluminium production was 95,000 tonnes in March 2020. The average daily production stood at 3,050 tonnes, essentially unchanged from that in February, slightly more than that in March 2019, and 34% more than that in...
China expands aluminium scrap import quotas by 5840 tonnes in the eighth batch for 2020
Shanghai Metals Market reveals that China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment has issued the eighth batch of copper and aluminium scrap quotas for 2020 on Tuesday, June 16. The authorities confirmed that the eighth batch of metal scrap quotas would allow additional 5,840 tonnes of high-grade...
Viridor once again bags Ealing Council’s dry mixed recycling five-year contract
The United Kingdom-based waste management company Viridor has once again bagged the contract, worth £10 million, to process Ealing Council’s dry mixed recycling, with effect from June 6. As per the contract, Viridor is accountable for processing around 24,000 tonnes of dry recycling annually...
Scholz Recycling Group and Weiqiao to build a recycling industrial park in Shandong Province
The German-based Scholz Recycling Group and Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a recycling industrial park in the Chinese City of Binzhou. Scholz Recycling Group plans to expand its recycling business in China. Rafael Suchan, Chief Executive...
COVID-19 impact: Indian aluminium utensils producers encounter challenges of Raw materials and labours
The aluminium utensil producers in some of the districts of the Southern part of India have resumed their factories last month. Insufficiency of raw materials and workers are the crucial challenges they have been facing. Suresh Shankar, CEO, Gomathi Metals said: “For the aluminium utensil...
Aluminium scrap export of Lebanon shows a positive trend during 2017-20
The economy of Lebanon is classified as a developing, upper-middle-income economy. The nominal GDP was estimated $54.1 billion in 2018, with a per capita GDP amounting to $12,000. Government spending amounted to $15.9 billion in 2018 or 23% of GDP. The major industries of the country are banking,...
Recycled aluminium use in place of primary metal to gain back its pace: Rack Hu at 15th China Aluminium Processing Summit
At China Aluminium Processing Industry Summit 2020, Racket Hu, Vice President of SMM, said the usage of recycled aluminium in place of primary metal would continue in the long term, given the advantages of recycling in terms of cost and environment-friendliness. Speaking at the summit in Yantai, Hu...
COVID-19 impact: European Aluminium scrap suppliers heading toward difficult ventures
European aluminium scrap suppliers need to expand their customer base to maintain healthy business levels as manufacturing industries slow against recessionary forces driven by the COVID-19 epidemic. However, it will be a difficult venture with so many consumers facing uncertain futures. Murat...
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US down 2% MoM in February
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 3,480 tonnes in February, with a month-on-month decrease of 1.97%. Taiwan had imported 3,550 tonnes in January 2020. On a yearly basis, imports reduced by 47.7% from 6,650 tonnes in February 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the...
