06 JANUARY 2016The Aluminum Association
U.S. aluminium and aluminium alloys recovery rate falls 7.5% y-o-y in Oct 2015
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The U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 757 million pounds of aluminium scrap during October 2015, according to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, down 7.0 percent from the October 2014 total of 814 million. USGS estimates that recovery of aluminium and aluminium alloys totalled 654 million pounds, a decrease of 7.5 percent year-over-year.
Through October, preliminary data indicate that recovery of aluminium from scrap totalled an estimated 6,593 million pounds, down 1.7 percent from the 2014 YTD total of 6,710 million. U.S. exports of scrap, not included in the government’s consumption statistics, totalled 2,897 million pounds YTD, down 10.0 percent from the same period in 2014.
Through October, preliminary data indicate that recovery of aluminium from scrap totalled an estimated 6,593 million pounds, down 1.7 percent from the 2014 YTD total of 6,710 million. U.S. exports of scrap, not included in the government’s consumption statistics, totalled 2,897 million pounds YTD, down 10.0 percent from the same period in 2014.
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