A WBCSD study says advanced sorting technology is available, but stronger demand for grade-specific secondary aluminium is needed to unlock investment. Technology for sorting mixed aluminium scrap has advanced significantly, but weak domestic markets for some recovered grades are limiting...
This week, domestic aluminium scrap prices in China remained largely stable, with some slight increases. Although primary aluminium prices rose notably, aluminium scrap struggled to catch up, and the price difference between A00 aluminium and aluminium scrap stayed high. In terms of prices, as of...
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Aluminium scrap: This week, the aluminium scrap market held up with a consolidation on a strong note. As of August 27, the SMM A00 spot aluminium price closed at RMB 23,920 per tonne, up RMB 320 per tonne from last Thursday. In terms of the price difference between A00 aluminium and aluminium...
Voya Energy has unveiled an aluminium-based power system that converts low-grade aluminium scrap into electricity through a low-temperature electrochemical process, offering a potential new route for aluminium recycling, energy storage and off-grid power generation. The Hayward, California-based...
Canada’s planned submarine fleet could open a new industrial application for recycled aluminium. Canadian cleantech company GH Power is exploring a potential collaboration with Germany’s TKMS to convert scrap aluminium into hydrogen. The technology could potentially support the Type 212CD...
Aluminium scrap: This week, domestic aluminium scrap prices in China followed the primary aluminium pullback, showing a pattern of high-level weakness. However, cost support remained, limiting the decline. On August 20, SMM A00 spot aluminium ingot prices closed at RMB 23,600 per tonne, down RMB...
India’s rapidly expanding secondary aluminium industry is facing a shortage of domestic scrap, leaving recyclers dependent on overseas suppliers and vulnerable to changing trade policies in major exporting regions. Secondary aluminium production has increased from approximately 0.85 million tonnes...
The United States exported about 1.25 million tonnes of aluminium-bearing scrap in the first half of 2026, up 21 per cent from 1.03 million tonnes during the same period last year. The figures, based on US Census Bureau data cited by Davis Index, show that more recycled aluminium is leaving the...
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 23,895 per tonne in the night session of August 18, reached a high of RMB 23,895 per tonne and a low of RMB 23,725 per tonne, and closed at RMB 23,750 per tonne, down 0.86 per cent from the previous close. Futures broke below the...
Aluminium scrap: This week, China's aluminium scrap market prices consolidated in a narrow range alongside primary aluminium, and the price difference between A00 aluminium and aluminium scrap widened again as aluminium scrap struggled to catch up. On August 13, SMM A00 spot aluminium prices closed...
A new report by German industry organisation Aluminium und Umwelt im Fenster- und Fassadenbau (AUF), prepared in partnership with European Aluminium, highlights the progress of closed-loop aluminium recycling in Germany's building sector. The study focuses on aluminium scrap generated from windows,...
The BMW Group and its consortium partners have demonstrated that a larger share of material recovered from end-of-life vehicles could return to new automotive applications, increasing the project’s “Car2Car rate” from 6 per cent to 51 per cent under expanded processing and sorting conditions. The...
According to the SMM survey, the operating rate of China's secondary aluminium industry rebounded slightly to 34.6 per cent in Jul 2026, up 1.4 percentage points M-o-M from June, while it fell 7.0 percentage points Y-o-Y. Operating rates among secondary aluminium alloy enterprises showed mixed...
The aluminium industry has entered a new race. It is no longer just about producing lower-carbon metal but about securing the scrap, infrastructure and policy support needed to keep circular supply chains competitive. For years, recycling has been one of aluminium's strongest sustainability...
Secondary aluminium raw materials: China’s domestic aluminium scrap market prices were relatively stable this week, while the scrap-to-primary price difference widened again amid scrap’s struggles to catch up. Price-wise, primary aluminium prices continued to rise, driven by macro sentiment and...
Brazil's aluminium industry is facing a growing shortage of scrap as exports to Asia, particularly China, continue to increase, raising concerns over domestic recycling, decarbonisation and future competitiveness. Aluminium recycling plays a key role in reducing emissions, with recycled aluminium...
Sorting and separation technologies specialist for the recycling and raw material industries, Steinert , is broadening its activities in Mexico to provide customers in the region with direct support. Increased market proximity and enhanced service capabilities support the company’s continued growth...
Speira is progressing with the redevelopment of its Rheinwerk facility in Neuss, Germany, as it continues transforming the site into an aluminium recycling hub. The aluminium rolling and recycling company has invested around EUR 40 million (USD 46 million) in a fourth recycling furnace, which is...
AMS Advanced Material Bhd, Malaysia, is set to enter the aluminium scrap recycling business after its subsidiary, AMS Ecogreen Sdn Bhd, obtained all the licences required to begin operations. This expansion takes the company into aluminium recycling and strengthens its existing aluminium processing...
The Aluminum Association today welcomed President Trump's memorandum calling for strengthened domestic supplies of recoverable critical minerals and materials. The memo directs the Commerce Secretary to take “all appropriate action under section 101 of the [Defense Production] Act” to “secure the...
