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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Evesham, Worcestershire / UK -- An unintended consequence of the proposed ban on cash transactions for scrap metal would be to make "cash for cans" recycling activity illegal. Around the world "cash for cans" programmes have played, and continue to play, a key role in the aluminium recycling...
U.K. prosecutors charged Bruce Allan Hall with corruption and money laundering tied to his time as an executive at Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C., a smelting company in Bahrain. An Australian national, Hall was released on conditional bail and must appear at a London criminal court next month, the...
Coalition proposals that aim to exclude composite packaging from data used to calculate obligations on aluminium packaging recycling could encourage much more to be used, stakeholders have warned. Last December, Defra launched its consultation on targets for new packaging recycling from 2013 to...
Canadian-British billionaire Victor Dahdaleh has rubbed shoulders with royalty, palled around with senior politicians and run a successful business empire whose interests stretched from Switzerland to Singapore. But on Friday the 68-year-old tycoon is set to appear before a British court charged in...
UK secondary aluminium producers are starting to consider production cutbacks in an attempt to regain margins that have been slashed by low ingot prices in Europe. “Scrap prices are very firm, but ingot prices have been softening,” one producer said. “We’re contemplating easing production a bit.”...
Aluminium recyclers have welcomed new tougher packaging recycling targets published by the government last week, and praised plans to reclassify composite packaging containing aluminium in line with other European countries. On Friday, environment secretary Caroline Spelman announced the proposed...
A power cut this week at Rio Tinto Alcan's Lynemouth aluminium smelter in northeastern England has knocked out one of the plant's production lines and partially curtailed the other, a company spokesman said on Thursday. Loss of power in the energy-intensive aluminium smelting process becomes...
Last week the GMB accused Rio Tinto bosses of not doing enough to keep the smelter open, claiming they had rejected one offer because they felt it was not financially viable, while interest from other parties had failed to progress even to talks. The union wants the company to provide the names of...
British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) represents the £5 billion UK metal recycling sector - a globally competitive industry supplying environmentally-friendly raw material to metals manufacturers. Our 300 members trade and process steel, aluminium, copper and most other ferrous and non...
Studsvik of Sweden has signed a contract with the UK’s LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) for the transport and dismantling of old heat exchangers from the Berkeley Magnox nuclear power plant. Under the £8 million ($12.8 million) contract - awarded by LLWR on behalf of Magnox Ltd - Studsvik will transport...
The National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham has adopted a number of recycling schemes as part of its drive to become one of the UK’s greenest venues. Following on from the installation of a £330,000 ‘waste pre-treatment centre’ in 2009 that aims to recycle 50% of the venue’s waste by 2013, the...
The UK’s Aluminium Federation has called on the government to give more help to the manufacturing industry in the country. Colin Davies, Alfed President, said the government seemed intent on driving through an unachievable 'Green Agenda', aiming for 80% energy savings by 2050. Speaking at Alfed's...
Global miner Rio Tinto's decision this week to close its Lynemouth aluminum smelter in Britain has highlighted the poor health of an industry pinched by lower metals prices and high costs. "We have been arguing for some time that aluminum prices are well into the cost curve and that eventually this...
Rio Tinto Alcan intends to close the Lynemouth aluminium smelter in UK, subject to the completion of a 90-day consultation process with employee and union representatives. The company is also in exclusive discussions regarding the potential sale of the power station at the site. The Lynemouth...
A member of the Bahraini royal family has denied accusations of corruption made against him in a UK court case involving a London-based businessman and contracts involving Bahraini aluminium producer Alba and U.S. giant Alcoa. Corruption has been a key issue that the opposition in the Gulf Arab...
Global mining giant Rio Tinto is readying to sell its aluminium smelting plant Alcan in Lynemouth, Northumberland, and is prepared to close it down if it is not sold. John McCabe from Alcan explained the reasons for the move, “Rio Tinto is streamlining its global aluminium business in order to...
A UK scrap dealer says his new indoor facility in Mansfield will make it easier for folk to recycle old metal - and get paid as part of the deal. Vic Baum, who has 20 years of experience in the metal recycling industry, opened up new premises on Anglia Way two months ago after agreeing a deal with...
UK aluminium scrap prices fell again on Wednesday, with purer grades following London Metal Exchange primary aluminium downwards and commercial grades suffering from softer demand. In the pure grades, group 1 pure 99% scrap and group 1 litho both fell to £1,210-1,280 ($1,905-2,015) per tonne from...
