aluminium recycling

Strike At Constellium Aluminium Can Recycling Plant In Alabama Continues

Strike At Constellium Aluminium Can Recycling Plant In Alabama Continues

A strike is currently underway at Constellium’s aluminium used beverage containers (UBCs) consuming mill in Muscle Shoals. According to a press release, about 200 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 200 walked off the job on December 15 due to an inability...

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Novelis Breaks Ground On US$36 Million Expansion And Upgrade Of NE Georgia Aluminium Recycling Plant

Novelis Breaks Ground On US$36 Million Expansion And Upgrade Of NE Georgia Aluminium Recycling Plant

Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. commenced construction on its US$36 million expansion and upgrade of its Greensboro, Georgia plant yesterday. The upgrades, which include state-of-the-art recycling equipment, a new dust-mitigation system, and an overall traffic redesign aimed at increasing safety and efficiency, are expected to be completed over the course of the […]

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European Aluminium Can Recycling Rates Set Record High Of 74.5 Percent In 2017

European Aluminium Can Recycling Rates Set Record High Of 74.5 Percent In 2017

Aluminium recycling rates in Europe rose again in 2017 to 74.5 percent, a 2.3-percent bump from the year prior and good for another record high for the continent. Such was the story told by statistics released by the European Aluminium Association on Monday. Per the numbers, which took into account recycling across the European Union, […]

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Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?

Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?

Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and traders hope that easing trade tensions between U.S. and China might boost demand for metals in the remaining part of the year. However, analysts are mostly cautious, expecting a further slowdown of the global economy […]

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Nespresso Collaborates With Bike Brand To Create Bicycle Made From Recycled Aluminium

Nespresso Collaborates With Bike Brand To Create Bicycle Made From Recycled Aluminium

Swiss coffee company Nestlé Nespresso S.A. has teamed up with Swedish bike brand Vélosophy to develop and manufacture a bicycle made from recycled aluminium coffee capsules. The bicycles, which were given the name RE:CYCLE, will be produced in a limited run of 1,000 and are only available through Vélosophy’s website. The project was undertaken in […]

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Three Out Of Four Aluminium Cans Recycled In The U.K. In 2018

Three Out Of Four Aluminium Cans Recycled In The U.K. In 2018

Three out of four aluminium beverage cans in the United Kingdom find their way back into the aluminium value stream, marking an all-time high for aluminium beverage cans. Such was the message from the UK’s Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) earlier this week. According to Alupro, the UK’s 75-percent recycling rate is a significant improvement […]

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