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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Recap 2019: How new initiatives and tariffs moved aluminium recycling industry in 2019
The year 2019 saw the announcement of new campaigns and initiatives to encourage and raise awareness for aluminium recycling among consumers. New schemes have been launched in an effort to meet sustainability targets. Showa Denko Group collected about 4.79 million UBC for recycling or recovered...
Fresh aluminium scrap import quotas for 2020 expected to lower the metal scrap prices post CNY
Shanghai Metals Market predicts Chinese aluminium scrap prices to fall after resuming from the Chinese New Year Holiday in late January, as fresh import quotas are expected to ease supply shortages and ensure demand in the first quarter of 2020. On Monday, December 23, China’s environmental...
US aluminium scrap export to S. Korea remained flat in September as compared to the month earlier
According to the United States Geological Survey, the aluminium scrap exports from the United States to South Korea in September 2019 remained flat at 23,600 tonnes, as compared to 23,200 tonnes in August. In July, the United States had exported 19,600 tonnes of aluminium scrap to South Korea,...
US aluminium scrap import in September rose by 5% M-o-M, but declined by 12.49% Y-o-Y
The United States Geological Survey revealed the US aluminium scrap imports in September came in at 47,600 tonnes, up 5.07 per cent from August August. However, in July and August, the country’s aluminium scrap imports declined month-on-month. The United States scrap import volume in June was...
Aluminium scrap exports from US to China extend decline in September by 26% MoM
The United States Geological Survey found incessant drops in America’s aluminium scrap exports to China over the months. As September was not an exception, it saw a decline of 26 per cent month-on-month amounting to 19,600 tonnes. In August 2019, the United States’ aluminium scrap exports to China...
JW Aluminum expansion will increase its annual intake of recycled aluminium by 100 million pounds or more
JW Aluminum Company will increase the annual intake of UBCs and other forms of recycled aluminium by at least 100 million pounds when it finishes an expansion project in the Southeast U.S. next year. JW Aluminum laid out details of the US$225 million expansion of an existing manufacturing site in...
Aluminium scrap imports increased in India during April-September despite auto sector slowdown
According to a recent report, the slowdown in the automobile sector in India could not resist the rise in aluminium scrap imports during April-September of the financial year 2019-20. As per the data submitted to the Ministry of Finance, citing figures from the Society of Indian Automobile...
US aluminium scrap exports in September dropped 6% MoM; Malaysia remained the leading importer
According to the United States Geological Survey, the country in the first month of Q4 2019 (September) exported 155,000 tonnes, down 6.06 per cent from 165,000 tonnes in August 2019. The export volume in August was, however, higher month-on-month by 8.5 per cent from 152,000 tonnes in July. In...
Recycled aluminium accounted for 39% of total aluminium supply in the US from January to September 2019
According to the latest report from United States Geological Survey for aluminium, total aluminium recovered from scrap (recovery from purchased, tolled, or imported scrap) in September 2019 stood at 284,000 tonne, slightly less than the amount in August 2019. The volume is 9% less than the amount...
Secondary aluminium producers operating rates increased in November by more than 1 percentage points
Shanghai Metals Market survey found Chinese secondary aluminium producers operating rates continued to increase in November amidst rising demand from downstream automakers at year-end. According to the data, the operating rates across Chinese secondary aluminium producers rose to 62.57 per cent in...
Aluminium Association demands 2.5-5% import duty hike across all aluminium products
According to a recent report, the Aluminium Association of India has urged the government to raise basic customs duty across all aluminium products in a range of 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent for restricting metal scrap imports. The association suggests the duty to be incorporated in the upcoming...
Singapore records significant growth in aluminium scrap export in 2018; exports to India surges 224% YoY
Singapore exports substantial amount of aluminium scrap globally and has a huge demand in various countries in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Thailand. India has been the top importer of aluminium scrap from Singapore. According to recent estimates, Singapore’s exports to India stood at...
Increasing use of aluminium in US growing scrap availability; Recyclers to expand capacity
Significant growth in the use of aluminium in transport and packaging industries in the US has resulted in the increasing availability of aluminium scrap and thereby, encouraging recyclers to expand their capacity. Those who are already expanding include Novelis, Matalco, and JW Aluminium. Novelis...
Indonesia’s August aluminium scrap imports from the US inch up 18% from July and 35% from June
Indonesia’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood 17.85% higher month-on-month in August. Scrap imports amounted to 9,440 tonnes as compared to 8,010 tonnes in July. Compared to June, imports registered a growth of 35.05% or 2,450 tonnes. Aluminium scrap imports in August inched up by 7.76%...
Japan's imports of unwrought aluminium and scrap drop in Jan-Sept 2019; semi-finished imports up
Japan, a key producer of aluminium semi-finished products, which procures its aluminium through import and secondary recovery produced 67,000 tonnes of secondary aluminium in the month of September, Japan Aluminium Association data shows. Japan produced 596,000 tonnes of secondary aluminium in the...
Mexico’s aluminium scrap exports to US continued to decline by 19% M-o-M
Aluminium scrap exports from Mexico to the United States continued to fall month-on-month in August by about 19 per cent, found the United States Geological Survey. From 12,800 tonnes in July, Mexico’s exports to the US declined to 10,400 tonnes in August. In May and June, on the other hand, the...
China issued import quotas for another 9,844 mt of aluminium scrap
China issued a fresh batch of import quotas for aluminium scrap for 2019 on Tuesday, with the quota volume declining sharply as expected. The China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Bureau, a unit of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, issued import quotas for another 9,844 mt of aluminium...
Alliance Metals gets air quality permit for its proposed secondary aluminium smelting plant in La Paz County
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has approved Alliance Metals’ application for an air quality permit for its proposed US$30 million secondary aluminium smelting plant in La Paz County, Arizona, a local media report says. Loren Barton, vice president of Miami-based Alliance Metals USA...
