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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Tight aluminium scrap supply may bolster secondary aluminium prices: SMM
According to the survey of Shanghai Metals Market, aluminium scrap supply in China showed signs of tightness in July. Improved purchase among secondary aluminium producers, weaker supplies from domestic scrapyards, and fewer inflows of seaborne materials attributed to the tight aluminium scrap...
Japan to make 2020 Olympic torches from recycled aluminium plates
Japan to make 2020 Olympic torches from recycled aluminium platesJapan is promoting sustainability in a big way in 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Starting with the medals to the characteristic aluminium torches, a lot of recycled metal is being used for the games accessories. Japan created hundreds...
Malaysia’s April aluminium scrap imports from US up 71% YoY and 20% MoM
Malaysia imported 58,500 tonnes of crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) and scrap from the US in the first four months of 2019, an increase of 25,900 tonnes or 79% from 32,600 tonnes in the first four months of 2018. In April, total aluminium imports...
South Korea’s aluminium semi-finished imports from US rise 5% in four-month period; exports up by 164%
South Korea's imports of aluminium including scrap from the US stood at 105,000 tonnes in the first four months of 2019, 31 per cent higher than the corresponding period of 2018. Imports were 27,300 tonnes in April as compared to 22,100 tonnes in April 2018. Aluminium semi-finished imports from the...
China’s imports of aluminium scrap likely to drop 16% YoY to 1.31 million tonnes in 2019
China’s imports of aluminium scrap are expected to fall 16% year-on-year to 1.31 million tonnes in 2019, as the country expects lower aluminium scrap import quotas in the fourth quarter. Aluminium scrap import quotas are likely to drop to 120,000 tonnes in Q4 compared with 361,000 tonnes in Q3,...
Italy’s aluminium scrap import from Germany to drop 2% but to rise from France by 6% in 2019
Italy is the second-highest aluminium consumption market in Europe just after Germany, with excellent performances in particular of the rolling sector and foundry castings driven by the automotive demand. The country, to meet the increasing demands, imports a considerable amount of aluminium scrap...
Gravita Tanzania starts aluminum cast alloy production at its 6000 tpy aluminium recycling plant
Gravita's step down subsidiary starts production of Aluminum Cast Alloys in Tanzania Gravita India, a leading Indian multinational company having state-of-the-art Lead and Aluminium processing unit at Jaipur (Rajasthan), has announced that its Tanzania based step down subsidiary, Gravita Tanzania...
Aluminium from food and beverage cartons can be recovered to make eco-friendly building products
As China’s import restrictions have changed the market dynamics of the U.S. metal and paper scrap market and the scrap businesses across the U.S. are looking for new markets for recyclable, food and beverage cartons can still have a market in the U.S. According to the Carton Council of North...
France’s aluminium scrap export expected to grow 3% YoY in 2019; Italy and Spain to remain the leading importers
France is one of the key growth markets in the European aluminium industry. Packaging, building, and automobile are some of the key sectors that drive the aluminium consumption in France and generate a substantial amount of scrap every year. The highest recycling percentages can be seen in the...
China issues 10th batch of aluminium scrap import quotas
China issued the 10th batch of quotas for restricted metal scrap imports for 2019. The batch allows 306,930 tonnes of aluminium scrap imports for companies mostly from Guangdong, Jiangsu and Liaoning, according to the list released by the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Centre under the...
CRU announces Aluminum Recycling Technical Conference to be held in Nashville in October 2019
CRU and FRH Aluminum will jointly organize the inaugural Aluminum Recycling Technical Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The one-and-a-half-day conference will take place at the Radisson Nashville Airport on October 15- 16 2019. CRU has collaborated with long-time industry expert Bob Hubbard...
US secondary aluminium recovery registers a decline of 6% YoY in April
According to the latest report from US Geological Survey, total aluminium recovered from scrap came in at 288,000 tonnes in March, the same as the revised amount in March. That was 6 per cent less than the amount in both April 2018 and April 2017. Of this, 161,000 tonnes of aluminium was recovered...
U.S. exports of aluminium scrap up 16% YoY in Jan-April; China and South Korea remain the top importers
The U.S. exports of aluminium scrap registered 170,000 tonnes in April 2019, according to the latest report from US Geological Survey. The export volume increased 14.09 per cent from 149,000 tonnes exported in April 2018. On a month-on-month comparison, exports increased 4.29 per cent from March’s...
Exports of aluminium scrap in Denmark register 1.43% growth in 2018; upward trend expected to continue
Denmark aluminium scrap exports have grown steadily in the last three years. The upward trend is expected to continue in 2019. The top export destinations of aluminium scrap in 2018 were Germany (48053 tonnes), Sweden (34733 tonnes), Luxembourg (13381 tonnes), Belgium (7624 tonnes), and Hungary...
China’s aluminium scrap import in May recorded 15.81% rise month-on-month
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China’s aluminium scrap import increased 15.81 per cent month-on-month and 57.8 per cent year-on-year in May to come in at 177,200 tonnes. Importers’ rush to move the seaborne scrap metal into domestic markets before import restrictions on July 1 resulted in...
Malaysia’s aluminium scrap imports from US up 94% YoY in January-March 2019
Malaysia’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 39,100 tonnes in the first three months of 2019, 93.56 per cent higher than the corresponding period of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. In March, aluminium scrap imports from the US...
Aluminium producers seek import hike and rational raw materials cost
Ahead of the budget, aluminium producers in India have reportedly urged the government to increase import duty on primary aluminium, aluminium scrap, and downstream products. Besides, they have also sought steps from the government to rationalise the costs of raw materials. Industry bodies such as...
The Lexington Recycle Centre is back to its operations
The Lexington Recycle Centre has resumed its operations and once again processing recyclable materials, city officials said on Wednesday, June 12. A mechanical problem had halted the facility’s operations for several days. Some officials reported last week that a machine that separates aluminium...
