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...
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...
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The UK has an ambitious aluminium scrap equation to solve. Domestic industry is forecast to require as much as 6 million tonnes of aluminium scrap for recycling by 2035 to support the government’s projected 8 million tonnes of aluminium demand across sectors. Yet much of the metal needed to support...
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has called on the Centre to immediately notify the long-pending BIS standards for aluminium scrap, warning that a surge in imports could turn India into a dumping ground for substandard material. In representations submitted to the Ministry of Finance and...
India's imported aluminium scrap prices fell sharply w-o-w, pressured by weaker LME aluminium prices and sluggish demand from domestic buyers. According to BigMint's latest assessment for CFR Nhava Sheva deliveries, UK-origin zorba 95-5 scrap prices declined by USD 135 per tonne W-o-W to USD 2,750...
June saw notable impacts on the secondary aluminium market from both lower primary aluminium prices and tighter scrap supply amid tax policy changes. The refined-to-scrap spread narrowed to RMB 412/tonne, a fresh year-to-date low, encouraging some consumers to replace scrap with A00 ingots. With...
India's Ministry of Commerce is seeking diplomatic discussions with the European Union (EU) regarding its upcoming Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR). It was prompted by concerns that the new framework could restrict the flow of recyclable materials, including aluminium scrap, to non-OECD countries....
As we look more closely into the aluminium industry of China, the leading exporter in the global aluminium supply chain, it appears to fall short in the aluminium scrap market. How do we know? China’s import data accumulated from the International Trade Administration offer evident pointers. In Q1...
How has the momentum in UK aluminium scrap exports to the US been in the opening quarter (Q1) of 2026? According to the data recorded in the International Trade Administration (ITA), a slight cooling can be noticed, with shipments and export revenues both slipping from the levels recorded a year...
India's imported aluminium scrap prices declined sharply w-o-w, tracking continued weakness in LME aluminium prices and subdued buying activity. According to BigMint's latest assessment for CFR Nhava Sheva deliveries, UK-origin zorba 95-5 scrap prices declined by USD 60 per tonne w-o-w to USD 2,965...
