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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KM Packaging has worked alongside tray manufacturer, i2r Packaging Solutions, to create an aluminium tray with transparent lid for a UK supermarket ready meal. The company, which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year, faced technical challenges of anti-fog and potential risk of product...
UK aluminium scrap prices are under significant downward pressure as unfavourable exchange rate movements have rendered most non-European export markets uncompetitive, while low London Metal Exchange prices continue to provide further impetus on the downside. “The LME continues to drift, and the...
Constellium N.V. has announced that in collaboration with Brunel University and Jaguar Land Rover, it has obtained an unprecedented £4.4M (Euro 5.1M) grant allocation from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the United Kingdom for the creation of a national scale-up...
Increased use of electronics in harsh industrial environments has been boosting demand recently for ROLEC’s aluFACE and aluTWIN enclosures. These two popular ranges of standard aluminium housings are perfect for a wide range of industrial electronics and electrical applications, including process...
Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it has invested GBP1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) to introduce an all-new technically-advanced aluminium vehicle architecture in forthcoming models. To support this strengthening of the Jaguar product portfolio, 1,700 new jobs will be created in the UK at the...
UK aluminium scrap prices fell on Wednesday September 11, prompted by low London Metal Exchange prices that have shackled secondary aluminium and aluminium scrap prices throughout the summer. “There is no doubt that prices would be higher if not for low LME aluminium prices,” a secondary aluminium...
Jaguar Land Rover today announced an investment approaching £1.5 billion to introduce an all-new technically-advanced aluminium vehicle architecture in forthcoming models. To support this strengthening of the Jaguar product portfolio 1,700 new jobs will be created in the UK at our advanced...
UK secondary aluminium prices stayed flat on Wednesday September 4, with unfavourable currency rates and low London Metal Exchange (LME) prices preventing any increases for both ingot and aluminium scrap. LM24 pressure diecasting ingot continued to trade at £1,520-1,570 ($2,364-2,442) per tonne,...
A new recycling plant will see up to 25,000 tonnes of drinks cartons recycled in the UK rather than sent to Europe. Manufacturers Tetra Pak, Elopak and Combibloc have teamed up with paper and packaging producer Sonoco Alcore to open a dedicated carton recycling facility in Stainland, Yorkshire. The...
UK secondary aluminium producers are trying to source scrap metal ahead of expected price increases due to tight supply, Metal Bulletin has been told. “It’s hard to get out in front, but we’re doing what we can to buy scrap in,” one producer said. “Buying scrap now is the right thing to do.” Scrap...
Carlsberg has become the first brewer invest in national aluminium packaging recycling campaign 'Every Can Counts' which encourages on-the-go recycling at outdoor events across the UK. The campaign is led by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) and Carlsberg UK will become one of...
The only way for Jaguar Land Rover to meet fuel-economy goals with its big cars and SUVs is to make them as light as small cars, says Mark White, the man in charge of JLR’s vehicle bodies. For the U.K.-based auto maker, that means switching materials from steel to aluminum, and the new Range Rover...
United Kingdom: The UK's Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has launched a new campaign entitled 'You can leave your cap on' in a bid to increase the recovery of aluminium caps and closures for recycling. Recent research by Alupro has revealed that approximately 5000 tonnes of...
A major communications drive to spread awareness of recycling aluminium and steel in Kent has seen a 100% return in investment in five months, organisers say. The £128,000 (21p per household) MetalMatters campaign which ran from October to December 2012 (see letsrecycle.com story) has seen a 9%...
A manufacturer has been given the go-ahead to bring around 70 jobs to East Kent after switching production from China. Dover council has given Multipanel UK permission to build a factory at Millyard Way in Eythorne on the site of the former Tilmanstone colliery. The council approved change of use...
Operating profit has risen at Cheshire recycling company Novelis as the company completes a rationalisation program of its factories. Four years ago, Warrington-based Novelis UK announced a plan to shut its site in South Wales and in 2011 it agreed to deal with Discovery Foils to sell its base in...
A Dudley business specialising in heat treatment of aluminium alloys has just secured its first order to South Korea. The assignment is part of a string of several export orders won by Alloy Heat Treatment within the past six months. AHT has been going for 40 years and has been at the Grazebrook...
Alcoa has announced completion of the second-phase expansion of aluminium/lithium alloy capacity at its Kitts Green facility, in the UK, to better serve the growing demand for the company’s third-generation aluminium/lithium alloys. The company on Tuesday said it expected aluminium/lithium revenues...
