Fun Kids, the UK’s leading radio station for children, families and parents, released the final episode of the Amazing Aluminium podcast series on 2nd September. Co-created by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro), Amazing Aluminium touches on the metal’s composition, its...
The Aluminium Federation (ALFED) has issued an urgent briefing to government setting out key concerns from the UK aluminium industry around the implementation of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) ahead of its planned introduction in January 2027. The briefing has been shared with...
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Ball Corporation reveals that the company’s new survey finds that consumers in the UK prefer to buy water in aluminium cans for on-the-go purchases. The YouGov poll indicates there is a growing thirst for retailers, and food and beverage outlets to sell water in aluminium cans. The survey indicates...
Sanjeev Gupta led GFG Alliance appoints a former first Minister of Wales among the other members of a new global advisory board established by the organisation. The board has been appointed following the consolidation of GFG's businesses into three brands: Alvance Aluminium Group, Liberty Steel...
European aluminium scrap prices have started rising in recent weeks as demand is increasing in the market tightened by limited supply due to the lack of fresh scrap generation over months of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Usage of scrap also fell but not as much as the generation of new scrap, as...
Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, has announced its support to Recycle Week, which is being held from September 21-27. Recycle Week, organised by Recycle Now, will run under the banner ‘Together We Recycle’. It aims to celebrate household recycling through the COVID-19...
Brian O’Driscoll, the former Irish rugby captain is among several angel investors to have funded Irish e-scooter start-up Zipp Mobility in a €500,000 funding round. The funding has now risen to more than €1 million, as the financing to be used now for the launch in Britain. In 2019, Zipp Mobility...
Nespresso is celebrating the10-year anniversary of its UK coffee capsule recycling scheme this month. This marks a milestone in the company’s ambitions towards circularity. Guillaume Chesneau, Managing Director of Nespresso UK & ROI, said: “For over thirty years, Nespresso has created quality...
According to a recent report, the United Kingdom’s secondary aluminium prices extended rise on Wednesday, August 26, as limited regional supply drove LM24 ingot prices above the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK secondary aluminium market suffered considerably due to the COVID19...
The Environment Agency reported a record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in Q2 2020. In the first half of 2020, 76,933 tonnes were collected for recycling, from 50,744 tonnes in the same period in 2019, an increase of 52%. Aluminium packaging collected through...
The relentless impact of COVID-19 and the precariousness around Brexit is being censured for the loss of up to 18 jobs at the Fort William-based Lochaber smelter. Liberty British Aluminium became ALVANCE British Aluminium as part of a new structure back in February’20 but in few weeks the company...
Alupro has restated the significance of kerbside recycling following the launch of energy from waste (EfW) recovery report. Rick Hindley, executive director at Alupro said: “It’s essential that kerbside recycling rates continue to increase and that we prioritise the use of aluminium as a...
The decades-old Aluminium company located on the Stourbridge Road in UK, Bridgnorth Aluminium, blazed with a fire shortly before 11.30 pm on 19 th July’20. Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd has firmly established itself as a trusted supplier of rolled aluminium products. The fire was caught in rubbish at...
The British company Automet Limited based in Manchester, a specialist car engine recycler, has obtained £600,0000 as Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) facility to support its cash flow during the Covid-19 outbreak. Automet, on a two-acre site in Trafford Park, is one of the UK’s...
Natia Turnava, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, officially opened a Koc Kablo’s new enterprise of aluminium and copper wires in Tbilisi. Over 100 people have been employed and 15 million GEL has been invested in the enterprise established by the Turkish company Koç Kablo...
British Car manufacturer Lotus is to bring its steel fabrication and lightweight structures facilities together under one roof in Norfolk in a drive that will create 125 jobs. Headquartered in Hethel, the company will invest in its Hurricane Way factory in Norwich to create a new high-tech...
Hitachi's first nine body aluminium shells that will transform to Avanti West coast new fleet have touched down in the United Kingdom. The shells are extra spacious, comfortable, and greener models made by Hitachi Rail are due to enter service on the West Coast Main Line in 2022. The Hitachi train...
Constellium announced that it will lead £15 million ALIVE (Aluminium Intensive Vehicle Enclosures) project for the development of new aluminium battery enclosures for electric vehicles. The project will be deveoped in the UK and funded in part by a grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) as...
The United Kingdom’s only aluminium composite panels manufacturer named Multipanel UK Ltd has reportedly obtained a £9million finance package from HSBC UK. The finance package is mainly for diversifying product range, expanding business, and most importantly, safeguarding the future of the business...
The United Kingdom-based waste management company Viridor has once again bagged the contract, worth £10 million, to process Ealing Council’s dry mixed recycling, with effect from June 6. As per the contract, Viridor is accountable for processing around 24,000 tonnes of dry recycling annually...
