EGA expands European aluminium recycling footprint with 80% Eco Green acquisition
Emirates Global Aluminium has completed its acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in Italy's Eco Green, strengthening its aluminium scrap collection, sorting and recycling network across Europe. Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is expanding its aluminium recycling business in Europe with the completed...
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...
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Aluminium scrap recycling MSMEs opposing import duty hike on aluminium scrap
The aluminium scrap recycling industry, comprises mainly of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), is reportedly opposing the proposed import duty hike on aluminium scrap from 2.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent. The All India Non Ferrous Metal Association (AINFMA) is of an opinion that the...
India's aluminium scraps import increases 21% YoY in H1 FY2018-2019
According to data from the Aluminium Association of India (AAI), aluminium scraps import by India increased by 21.44 per cent during April-September period of financial year 2018-2019. The total volume of India’s aluminium scrap import rose from 541,000 tonne during the first half of financial year...
Aluminium scrap exports by U.S. drops 6% MoM in July; Scrap exports to China continues to decline on China's import tariffs
According to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey, aluminium scrap exports by the USA stood at 137,000 tonnes in July 2018, down 5.5 per cent from June 2018 total of 145,000 tonnes. Total scrap exports stood at 965,000 tonnes in the first seven months of 2018. The US...
MRAI urges Indian government to improve aluminium scrap availability
A secondary aluminium industry body Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) on Thursday, September 27, has requested Indian government to take steps to improve the availability of scrap and address concerns raised by the secondary aluminium industry. The body will also submit a memorandum...
Aluminium imports by the US and Canada drop 6.3% during January-July 2018; exports up 13%
According to the statistics are derived from customs data released by the U.S. and Canadian governments, imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding cross-border trade) totalled 372 thousand tonnes in July 2018, down 13.8 per cent from the July 2017 total...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certifies AMAG Austria Metall AG
AMAG Austria Metall AG is the first integrated recycling, casting and rolling plant and third company to receive certification under the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). ASI’s certification program focuses on responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. AMAG offers its...
Ontario-based Triple M's recycling trade caught up in the trade wars involving US, China and Canada
Brampton, Ontario-based Triple M Metal LP offers ferrous and nonferrous scrap purchasing, collection, processing and trading services. The firm registered more than $1 billion revenue in 2017 from its scrap metal business in 26 locations in Canada, the United States and Mexico. China’s government’s...
Aluminium recycling firm Bryson Recycling named UK Social Enterprise of the Year
Bryson Recycling, headquartered in Belfast, has been named as the UK's Social Enterprise of the Year at the prestigious Private Business Awards. Bryson Recycling was founded 25 years ago and the social enterprise initially began by collecting aluminium cans from public organizations and private...
ALUMINIUM 2018 trade fair to present the potential of aluminium recycling
Today, aluminium scrap is already one of the most economically valuable secondary raw materials. Around 20 per cent of the world's aluminium requirements are covered by post-consumer scrap. ALUMINIUM - the world's largest industry event - will present the latest developments and potential of...
China's revised 50 per cent tariff on U.S. aluminium scrap continues to hit US scrap industry
On Aug. 23, China and the US began imposing new rounds of penalties on US$16 billion worth of each other’s goods. This latest round of tariffs included China’s 25 per cent tariff on recovered plastics, paper aluminium and various recovered metals, according to the list released by Chinese...
STEINERT starts operation of LIBS system for sorting aluminium scrap
STEINER, one of the world’s leading companies in magnetic separation and sensor sorting, has started operations of the first industrial Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) system for separating aluminium scrap alloys, which will be introduced at the Aluminium trade fair in Düsseldorf, 9-11...
Aluminium producers seek parity in levies
Aluminium imports climbed by a fifth in the first quarter to more than half a million tonnes after the imposition of US tariffs, with more such shipments likely, triggering a demand from local producers for protective levies. The industry also wants preference for local aluminium in all government...
Belgium’s aluminium scraps export to grow this year after a dip in 2017; Germany to remain the top importer
With the passage of time, recycling is becoming a major consideration in continued aluminium use, representing one of the key attributes of this ubiquitous metal, with far-reaching economic, ecological and social implications. More than half of all the aluminium currently produced in the European...
US aluminium scrap traders and recyclers hit hard by China's retaliatory tariffs on aluminium scrap import
The U.S. and China trade war is having an impact on aluminium scrap traders and scrap recyclers. On Aug. 23, each country began imposing new rounds of penalties on each other. The latest round included China’s 25 per cent tariff on OCC, recovered paper, scrap plastics and various recovered metals....
Turkey's aluminium scrap imports up 26% in 2017, exports down 24%
Aluminium scrap import by Turkey has increased over the last three years. The country’s aluminium scrap imports increased 25.8 per cent year-on-year to 60353 tonnes in 2017. Turkey delivered about 16366 tonnes of aluminium scrap to the global market in 2017, a decrease of 23.67 per cent...
US consumption of aluminium scrap down 4.8 per cent YoY in H1 2018; scrap exports up 12.2 per cent for the same period
According to the latest aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior; the U.S. aluminium industry consumed an estimated 323,865 tonnes of aluminium scrap during June 2018, down about 4 per cent from the June 2017 total of 337,019 tonnes. The volume...
Spain’s aluminium scraps import to see a Y-o-Y rise in 2018; France to be the top exporter
According to the global export-import data, the aluminium scrap import by Spain is forecast to see a year-on-year growth in 2018. The volume is forecast to clock at 223,393 tonnes, 9 per cent up from the estimated volume of 204,005 tonnes in 2017 and 203678 tonnes in 2016. {newsStudioGallery} Along...
Sweden’s aluminium scrap export in Q1 2018 drops from a year ago; Germany remains the top importer
Metal recycling and aluminium, in particular, is gaining a significant importance attributed to increasing industrialization and urbanization, rising income, and spending capability of people in developing economies such as China, Brazil, and India. According to the Global Recycled Aluminium Market...
