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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North American aluminium scrap prices plateau on Index on Jan 13
<p>Aluminium scrap prices in major North American markets showed no change in movement on ScrapMonster Price Index on January 13, Friday last week. 1100 scrap prices plateaued on the Index over the day. The prices of aluminium 3003 scrap too remained unchanged at US$0.61 per pound. Other scrap...
Outlook 2017: Can a rising automotive industry demand break the lull in secondary aluminium market?
<p>2016 has not been a truly encouraging year for scrap aluminium market. Although awareness about aluminium recycling grew manifold among the value chain players, and international bodies made it a point that the smelters, re-melters, and end use product manufacturers complied with the...
Aluminium scrap import-export by Indonesia to surge YoY buoyed by downstream demand
<p>Aluminium scrap import by Indonesia has surged significantly over the last two years as the country is on the verge of becoming an important downstream aluminium product manufacturing hub in south-east Asia, catering mostly to the automotive industry. The country purchased 55,059.5 tonnes of...
U.S. secondary aluminium production up 8% YOY during October 2016
<p>According to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of Interior, the U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 795 million pounds of aluminium scrap during October 2016. This is 8.1 per cent more than the October 2015 total of 735 million.<br...
India aluminium scrap prices decline; Aluminium futures up in line with LME aluminium
<p>Major aluminium scrap commodities prices in India declined on Friday, while aluminium futures prices at Multi Commodity Exchange advanced one percent in line with LME aluminium prices as traders covered their short positions on weekend. <br /><br />The major aluminium scrap commodities on the...
54 year old takes charity walk to deliver 40 pounds of aluminium can pull-tabs for recycling
<p>Phil Wright of Decatur, a 54-year-old year gentleman completed a charity walk of more than 26 miles to Dawson pulling a wagon filled with about 40 pounds of pull-tabs from aluminium cans amid freezing cold and sharp wind. He delivered the aluminium pull-tabs at Springfield's Ronald McDonald...
North American aluminium scrap prices plateau on Index on Jan 4, 2017
<p>Aluminium scrap prices in North America plateaued on ScrapMonster Price Index on January 4, Wednesday. 1100 Scrap prices showed no change through the day. The prices of 3003 aluminium scrap too remained flat at US$0.58 per lb. <br /><br />The prices of 6063 Extrusions, 6063 Extrusions/Fe, 356...
Chinese aluminium scrap imports rise 28.61% YoY in November 2016
<p>According China's General Administration of Custom’s report, china’s imports of aluminium scrap increased by 28.61 per cent year-on-year to 198,160 tons in November 2016.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
U.S. aluminium recovery from scrap increases 5.9% YTD in Sept 2016
<p>According to the aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, the total aluminium scrap imports in the United States totalled an estimated 782 million pounds in September 2016. The volume represented a 5.5 per cent rise over the corresponding...
China's scrap aluminium imports for Jan-Nov 2016 surge significantly to an estimated 1.7 MT
<p>According to the latest import and export data released by China's General Administration of Customs, China imported a total volume of 198,160 tonnes scrap aluminium in November 2016. The figure represents a significant 28.61 per cent increase in scrap aluminium import by the country in 2016 as...
China's total aluminium scrap export to be valued at US$45 million in 2016
<p>China's oversupply of aluminium led to a global glut with prices plummeting to their lowest in 2016. There have been several incidents of affected primary producers from all over the globe coming forward and voicing their concern against the rising shipment volumes of aluminium in every form...
New can stock scrap receipts in U.S. flat during November 2016
<p>According to Aluminum Association report, U.S. received a total of 53.3 million pounds of new can stock (class) scraps during November 2016. The records a slight increase from over 53.1 million pounds in November 2015.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left:...
Novelis reports significant gains in sustainability
<p>Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, published its fiscal year 2016 sustainability report today, detailing significant progress toward increasing the use of recycled aluminum and minimizing the use of natural resources. Recycling aluminum produces 95 percent fewer...
Recap 2016: Aluminium Recycling Highlights
<p>Sustainability in aluminium industry gained paramount importance in 2016. While in Malaysia, we saw the government coming down heavily on unregulated bauxite mining that caused irreparable damage to the water bodies in Pahang, environmental tightening in China forced China Hongqiao, the...
Aluminium recycling improves lives in Vietnam village but lacks control
<p>Aluminium recycling has improved the quality of lives for hundreds of villagers in Vietnam's Nam Truc District in Northern Province of Nam Ðinh. Ever since the residents here started using recycled aluminium for making handicraft items their livelihood has changed- changed for the better....
Victoria Harbour teen makes artefacts out of waste aluminium
<p>Instead of throwing used beverage cans in the garbage or taking them to recyclers, Jacob Therrien, a teen from Victoria Harbour decides to create art out of them.</p> <p>The 14-year-old high school student creates sculptures by remelting scrap aluminium. He has made small makeshift workspaces in...
Aluminium scrap forms about 56% of the total aluminium import by India
<p>Aluminium scrap recycling and recovery have become an integral part of the aluminium industry in every country in order to yield reasonably high-purity molten metal at a much lower cost and using fifty per cent less energy than primary aluminium. Indian recyclers import considerable amount of...
U.S. aluminium scrap prices remain flat over mild demand and tight supply
<p>Aluminium scrap prices in North America remained flat on ScrapMonster Price Index as on December 6, Tuesday. There was no change noted in 1100 Scrap prices during the day's trading and the prices of 3003 Scrap too remained flat at $0.59 per Lb. <br /><br />Other aluminium scrap commodities which...
