EU plans aluminium scrap export ban on non-OECD countries; China, India in focus
The European Union (EU) is preparing a broader restriction on aluminium scrap exports to non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, replacing an earlier trade proposal that would have covered only part of the bloc’s scrap flows. The move could largely impact...
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...
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Metal Exchange Corporation on a JV with Novellini for secondary aluminium billet supply in Europe
Metal Exchange Corporation (MEC) has announced a new joint venture with Novellini Industries; located in Mantova, Italy. The newly formed company called novALmec will enhance its aluminium billet supply capability to the European market. Metal Exchange Corporation, a privately owned business at St....
EU to sign MoU with JNARDDC to work on aluminium waste management
According to a recent report, the European Union is likely to collaborate with Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) in May for working together on the management of aluminium waste. JNARDDC, a Central Government Institution, has long been working in research...
US scrap export in January down 16% over last month; YoY volume up 20%
According to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey, the U.S. aluminium industry recovered 290,000 tonnes from scrap in January 2019. The amount drops 6% YoY, indicating a drop in domestic recycling. Of this, 172,000 tonnes of aluminium was recovered from new scrap and...
China’s secondary aluminium operating rates record growth in March
According to Shanghai Metals Market, operating rates across secondary aluminium producers in China have recorded a growth of 22.02 percentage points month-on-month and 0.3 percentage point year-on-year to average at 61.12 per cent in March. This hike in secondary aluminium operating rates is...
Restricted aluminium scrap imports by China drives a steady import growth in Indonesia
A large number of countries are found actively participating in recycling aluminium to produce fresh metal. The infinite recycling properties of aluminium are of course, not unknown to us, neither the fact that it involves about 95 per cent less energy than the primary production process. As per...
Jaguar Land Rover launches new aluminium recycling scheme; obtaining metal from I-Pace for trial
Jaguar Land Rover has reportedly launched a new aluminium recycling scheme, in a bid to reduce material wastage that comes from scrapping cars and minimise CO2 emissions throughout its entire production process. The manufacture will recover aluminium from end-of-life vehicles and melt down to...
“Sustainability is no more a choice but a need and a requirement, not just in aluminium but in all areas of human activity” ~ Diwakar Gautam, CEO, Sunberg Limited
Sunberg Limited is a UK based metal recycling company, forming an integral link between scrap collectors, recyclers and processors. Sunberg caters to the increasing global demand for recyclable scrap Ferrous and Non Ferrous metals, such as aluminium, brass, copper, zinc, lead, steel and ingots....
China’s aluminium scrap import during Jan-Feb 2019 falls 33.41% YoY
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China in the first two months of 2019 imported 206,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap in total, compared with 309,500 tonnes of import in the same period last year. Therefore, the country’s aluminium scrap import through January and February stood down 33.41 per cent...
US exports of aluminium scrap up 12% YoY in 2018; Chine & South Korea top the importer list
According to the latest report from US Geological Survey, the US exports of aluminium scrap, which is not included in the government’s consumption statistics, came in at 1.76 million tonnes in 2018. The figure was up 190,000 tonnes or 12.1 per cent from 2017 total of 1.57 million tonnes....
Illinois-based aluminium remelter Jupiter Aluminum to invest in expanding its Beech Bottom facility
Jupiter Aluminum, an Illinois-based company that melts aluminium scrap and produce aluminium coils for building and construction industry is expanding its plant Jupiter Coil Coat Beech Bottom West Virginia. Jupiter Aluminum operates its lines in the former Wheeling Corrugating Plant along W.Va. 2....
US Primary aluminium production up 20% to 891,000 tonnes in 2018 driven by reopening of smelters
According to the latest report from US Geological Survey, the US primary aluminium production in December 2018 was 95,000 tonnes. The average daily production in December was 3,050 tonnes, 4% more than that in November 2018, 48% more than that in December 2017. The total aluminium production in...
Top five aluminium exporters to the USA during Jan-Nov 2018
The total aluminium imports by the USA for consumption stood at 5.76 million tonnes in 11-month period of 2018, down 570000 tonnes or 9 per cent from 6.33 million tonnes in 11-month period of 2017, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. {newsStudioGallery}...
Global Recycling Day urges people & policymakers to be committed to recycling and sustainability
The second annual Global Recycling Day was celebrated yesterday, March 18, in Washington, DC. Communities and individuals around the world gathered together to celebrate the Global Recycling Day. On the occasion, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) urged businesses, communities,...
WSJ reports UBC stockpiling due to less recycling; falling export impacts an already oversupplied market
Wall Street Journal reported that used beer and soda cans pile up in the U.S. scrapyards as rolling mills are turning to producing more profitable auto parts rather than recycling and turning the scraps to new can sheets. The news story says used cans are piling up at scrapyards because U.S....
UAE’s exports of crude metal and alloys to US drops 7% YoY in 11-month period of 2018
The United Arab Emirates, one of the top aluminium exporters, exported 555,000 tonnes of aluminium (crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products and scrap) to the US in 11-month period of 2018, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. This...
India’s aluminium imports including scrap from US soars 174% in 2018’s first eleven months
India imported a total of 199,000 tonnes of aluminium (crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products and scrap) from the US in the first eleven months of 2018, a 173.73% growth or 126300 tonnes from 72,700 in the first eleven months of 2017, as updated by US Census Bureau....
New reforms in UK may double aluminium recycling, says Green Alliance
New reforms if implemented, including a deposit return scheme (DRS), may double the aluminium recycling and prevent around £50 million of wasted resources each year each year, as suggested by environment think tank Green Alliance report. The report titled ‘Closing the loop: Four steps towards 100...
Malaysia’s Jan-Nov imports of aluminium scraps from US increase three-fold YoY
Malaysia imported 161,000 tonnes of crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) and scrap from the US in the first eleven months of 2018, an increase of 109400 or 212% from 51,600 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2017. {newsStudioGallery} Total...
