Waste – or valuable resource?
Recovery of aluminium from municipal incinerator bottom ash Each year around the world, millions of tonnes of rubbish are generated...
aluminium recycling
Recycling aluminium packaging – A UK Case Study
Experience, advocacy and working programmes boost “real” industry performance The UK Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) acts as the voice of the industry on issues of government policy and legislative development. Its various activities are directed to help the industry and community...
Study Finds Recycling Rate of Automotive Aluminium is 91%
A study released late last month by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling indicates that...
Aluminium Recycling – Hope or Hype?
Aluminium is an incredibly versatile metal. Among the metal’s qualities that is frequently touted is the recyclable nature it possesses....
Events
Constellium Announces New Sustainability Targets for 2020
Amsterdam’s Constellium N.V. announced new sustainability targets for the year 2020 yesterday. The firm began its strategic direction for sustainability four years ago, establishing four key areas of focus: people, products, operations and responsible business. “In the past years we have defined our sustainability vision, paving the way for our company to do business more responsibly,” explained […]
Power perspectives – U.S. industry’s electricity position demands sensible energy policy
There was a widespread power cut in my area today. During the hours – and hours – that there was no lighting, no hot water, no tea, no TV or internet, I started to think more about our massive reliance on power and indeed how we all take electricity (and gas) – and a reliable, […]
Norsk Hydro Opens €45 million Recycling Plant in Western Germany
Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro ASA announced on Tuesday that it will be opening a €45 million (US$51.32 million) recycling facility in Germany. The plant, in North Rhine-Westphalia’s far western city of Neuss, is expected to recycle up to 50,000 metric tons per annum. As Europeans are using 30 billion cans per […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
