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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Owners of an aluminium smelting plant facing closure in Northumberland say no decision has been taken on its future. Rio Tinto, which owns the Alcan plant at Lynemouth, says it will try to sell the plant but might have to close if a buyer does not come forward. The company is putting a task force...
UK high-grade secondary aluminium ingot prices fell on Wednesday as deals at the top end dried up on continuing economic uncertainty. But demand remains healthy in the near term and producers are well sold through November at least. “We’re doing a few bits and pieces on the spot market, but we’re...
UK aluminium scrap prices finally lost support and fell sharply on Wednesday, with all grades showing significant losses as the market succumbed to the continuing turmoil in European debt markets. “Prices have been pretty horrendous this week and have fallen significantly from just a couple of...
Three UK automotive companies achieved record output in 2010, despite the fragile economic situation. Nissan, Morgan and Rolls Royce (BMW) all posted record outputs that year from their respective UK plants, Professor Garel Rhys told the Aluminium in Automotive Conference, in Birmingham UK. Nissan...
UK secondary aluminium ingot fell on Wednesday as falling primary prices on the London Metal Exchange saw raw material prices dip, and the weak euro kept business into the continent uncompetitive. LM24 pressure diecasting ingot fell to £1,580-1,670 ($2,465-2,605) per tonne from £1,610-1,680...
UK aluminium scrap buyers are concerned that the forthcoming end-of-waste legislation will have an adverse effect on the domestic market by slashing supply levels and increasing prices. The end-of-waste legislation, which becomes effective throughout the EU on October 9, redefines certain types of...
The UK secondary aluminium market is too small to absorb all the material produced there, giving manufacturers little protection when a falling euro saps their sterling revenues on sales into the continent. The euro is at 1.15 to the pound, from 1.108 at the start of the third quarter, according to...
UK secondary aluminium ingot prices widened on Wednesday in a market that is, like any other in the region, under the shadow of the economic turmoil within the eurozone. UK secondary aluminium ingot prices widened on Wednesday in a market that is, like any other in the region, under the shadow of...
UK secondary aluminium ingot prices were stable on Wednesday as the nervousness surrounding the debt crises in Europe and the USA pushed the market into a state of inertia. “I’ve had a few conversations with customers this morning and everyone is nervous of what’s around the corner,” a producer...
UK secondary aluminium ingot prices were stable on Wednesday as continental European demand continued to prop up volumes and prices even as some in the market are yet to return from the summer holiday period.
UK secondary aluminium ingot prices remained at last week’s levels on Wednesday, although scrap prices – particularly the purer grades – continued to slide following price falls in the London Metal Exchange aluminium contract.
Supply chain solutions specialist P&O Ferrymasters has won a four-fold increase in business from aluminium rolling giant Novelis with a new contract worth £1 million per year for moves from Germany - and could double this sum through a separate pilot project aimed at maximising weight allowances...
The coal-fired power station which supplies all of the energy to Rio Tinto Alcan's Lynemouth aluminium smelter in northeast England, must switch to biomass generation if it is to have a long-term future, a spokesman for the company said.
The UK’s aluminium can recycling rate is getting closer to the European average, according to the latest figures published by the European Aluminium Association.
Aluminium baseball bats aren’t the only weapon of defence that’s proven popular on Amazon UK — wooden baseball bats are also up by 3600 per cent; military police batons up by 5000 per cent and the zumba DVD workout set is up 342 per cent, which probably isn’t related to the UK riots of the last few...
Alumina production is gradually recovering from the abnormally heavy rains between December 2010 and April 2011 which primarily impacted Queensland Alumina’s production affecting bauxite and coal quality, equipment reliability and freight costs. Aluminum production was one per cent higher than H1...
Public consultation is starting over plans to process non-recyclable waste in north Wales, possibly building an incineration plant. Two sites in Deeside and Anglesey have been earmarked in the £800m project.
Billionaire Anil Agarwal may face problems on July 27 when he addresses shareholders at the annual general meeting of his London-listed mining company Vedanta Resources. The UK-based pension fund advisory PIRC and Aviva Investors, a shareholder in Vedanta, have urged members to oppose the...
