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Aluminium Scrap Trade

India: Imported aluminium scrap prices soften w-o-w tracking LME aluminium decline
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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 per tonne from USD 3,025 per tonne previously. Meanwhile, US-origin tense 6-7 per cent scrap prices decreased by USD 55 per tonne w-o-w to USD 2,730 per tonne from USD 2,785 per tonne last week. L ...
Could the UK’s aluminium scrap export spike risk domestic industrial strategy by 2035?
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Britain's increasing exports of aluminium scrap are raising concerns about the long-term availability of a key raw material. With the intensified push for sustainability across the world, aluminium scrap is a requisite by strategic sectors such as defence, automotive, clean energy and digital technologies. The UK’s aluminium scrap export surge, therefore, may raise concerns within the nation’s industrial chain. Manufacturing body Make UK has cautioned that continued outflows of aluminium scra ...

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As Europe accelerates its shift towards a low-carbon economy, aluminium is emerging as a cornerstone material across automotive, renewable energy, packaging and industrial applications. The region is simultaneously pursuing greater recycling, strengthening resource security, advancing circular economy models and tightening carbon regulations. Yet, rising scrap exports, evolving trade mechanisms and growing demand for sustainable materials continue to test the resilience of Europe’s aluminium v ...
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European Aluminium warns: Fix CBAM loopholes, or the carbon leaks
Sustainability
11 Jun 2026
The European aluminium industry has renewed its call for stronger safeguards to protect aluminium scrap and shield Europe from the incomplete framework of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). As the European Union finance ministers prepare to finalise their position on revisions to the CBAM, European Aluminium strongly warns that the existing framework still falls short of protecting the sector from carbon leakage. The industry body European Aluminium welcomed recent progress in the ...
High raw material costs keep secondary aluminium prices firm
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07 Jun 2026
Aluminium scrap: The aluminium scrap market overall fluctuated at highs this week, tracking primary aluminium price fluctuations. As of June 4, the SMM A00 spot aluminium price closed at RMB 24,120 per tonne, down RMB 20 per tonne W-o-W. On the price difference between primary metal and scrap, the price difference between A00 aluminium and mixed aluminium extrusion scrap free of paint in Foshan was recorded at RMB 2,523 per tonne on June 4, while the price difference between A00 aluminium and ...
Europe aluminium recycling facts: Amidst 8MT demand and 66% scrap export surge, recycling grows over 80%
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01 Jun 2026
Every year, millions of tonnes of aluminium scrap are collected, sorted and processed across Europe before being turned into new products. From used beverage cans and demolished buildings to end-of-life vehicles and industrial waste, recycled aluminium has become an important raw material in Europe’s shift towards a lower-carbon and more circular economy. Demand for recycled aluminium is also rising steadily. Europe’s aluminium scrap demand stood at around 6.6 million tonnes in 2021 and is ex ...
EU aluminium scrap export curbs worry recyclers, Commission receives joint letter
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29 May 2026
European recycling companies and associations, coordinated by Recycling Europe, have asked the European Commission to review export restrictions on recycled aluminium scrap. Addressing the Executive Vice President Stéphane Séjourné and Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič in a joint letter on May 28, they expressed concerns regarding measures being built upon defective bases that might nullify the industrial objectives being promoted.   Arguing that the region is not facing a structural shortage of re ...
China's aluminium scrap prices to extend their gains for now
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15 May 2026
Chinese prices for aluminium scrap have been rising steadily so far this month and are expected to continue climbing during coming weeks, supported by tightening scrap supplies and steady demand from secondary aluminium smelters, Mysteel's latest survey findings show. On May 13, Mysteel assessed the average price for domestically-generated #6063 aluminium scrap in South China's Guangdong province at RMB 19,850 per tonne (USD 2,993 per tonne), higher by 1.5 per cent from the end of last month. ...
Scrap collectors drop aluminium ladder on railway track; Coimbatore RPF intercept
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14 May 2026
Two scrap collectors were intercepted for depositing an aluminium ladder on the railway track between the stations of Coimbatore North and Peelamedu. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Coimbatore detained them on Monday.   Explore the position of aluminium at the intersection of sustainability and strategy in Sustainability & Recycling: Aluminium's Dual Commitment The ladder, which was kept on the railway track, was hit by a locomotive on May 9. The sudden impact generated a loud noise, ...
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