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...
As smartphones, laptops, televisions, electric vehicles, and household appliances become an integral part of modern life, electronic waste (e-waste) is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing waste streams. Yet, every discarded electronic device contains more than just obsolete technology—it...
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A team of researchers at the University of Leicester has won funding from the European Union for their work into a novel battery type based on aluminium and sulphur. Professor Karl Ryder and Professor Andy Abbott from the Materials Centre in the Department of Chemistry who are heading the team aim...
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in Europe (EU 28 + EFTA) increased by 1.6% to a new record level of 72.9% in 20141, a press release from European Aluminium confirms. European Aluminium considers this result an important milestone on its path towards the future split aluminium...
European Aluminium, the voice of the entire aluminium value chain, introduced five new member companies during its General Assembly last week, bringing its total membership to over 85 companies and associations representing more than 600 plants in 30 European countries. “I am delighted to welcome...
The aluminium bar rods and profiles sector is a well-established, worldwide industry. Major international exporters of aluminium profiles operate out of China, the European Union, Canada, USA, and Japan. Among the top importing regions are the European Union and the USA- these two markets have...
Aluminium, the voice of the entire aluminium value chain, supports the agreement on a new EU trade defence regime that was reached yesterday during a final Trilogue meeting between the European Parliament, Commission and Council in Strasbourg. “If confirmed, this agreement could become a game...
On the occasion of its annual aluminium packaging seminar held this year in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), European Aluminium calls for realistic but ambitious aluminium packaging recycling targets. Following the largely positive outcome of the vote of the European Parliament earlier this year and...
<p>According to a report by Reuters, the representatives of the U.S. aluminium industry are urging their EU counterparts to take action against “massive illegal subsidies" in China. The industry also wrote to British Prime Minister Theresa May regarding this matter. </p> <p><img...
<p>According to preliminary figures released by the EU statistics office Eurostat, exports of non-ferrous scrap metals from the EU in particular aluminium scrap shipments from the EU member states to non-EU countries were on the rise, after a decline in 2017.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
<p>The past week saw two of the biggest aluminium producers of the world- <strong>Norsk Hydro and Rio Tinto</strong> announcing their financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year period of 2016 ending December 31. While Hydro’s EBITDA for fourth quarter of the last fiscal rose...
<p>The European Commission has decided to continue to impose a 22.3 per cent anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium wheels from the Peoples’ Republic of China. The anti-dumping duty is on original equipment and aftermarket wheels.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
<p>The 14th International Aluminium Recycling Congress that took place in Manchester on 7 and 8 February played host to over 150 delegates from across Europe. European Aluminium firmly reiterated its commitment towards the conference theme “Recycling at its best: the circular economy...
<p>The delegation of the European Union circulated a communication to the delegation of China, the delegation of the United States and to the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body officially requesting to join the WTO consultation launched by the US on Chinese subsidies to producers of primary...
<p>European Parliament’s ENVI Committee has voted on the amendments to the Circular Economy Package on Tuesday January 24. Gerd Götz, Director General of European Aluminium, has expressed the association’s stand on the outcome of the vote.<br /><br />• Calculation method<br...
<p>European Aluminium welcomes the European Parliament’s intention to improve compensation for indirect carbon costs through a hybrid model in today’s ETS vote. However, we regret the decision to further reduce the maximum national compensation levels allowed, since this will seriously...
<p>The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) is frustrated that the proposed options within the consultation on new packaging recycling business targets do not reflect the ambition of the aluminium sector to maximise recovery and recycling of this valuable material. Although the...
<p>Russian Tycoon Deripaska is looking around for hundreds of millions of euros from the state of Montenegro, as he has been striving for compensation for a lost investment in a failing aluminium plant.<br /><br />Deripaska's Central European Aluminium Company (CEAC) acquired 58.7 % stake in 2005...
<p>The European Commission published the long -awaited proposal on China’s so-called market economy status (MES) on Wednesday, November 9. The Commission has in fact, proposed a new non-standard methodology, which will bring about crucial changes to the EU’s anti-dumping legislation....
<p>The European Commission has approved French minerals company Imerys’s proposal to acquire alumina producer Alteo ARC and Alufin GmbH Tabularoxid. The takeover is subject to certain conditions.</p> <p>The Commission said on Friday that Imerys, as well as the businesses it was planning to...
