AMAG Inks Closed-Loop Aluminium Partnership With Audi Hungaria
European cast and rolled aluminium supplier AMAG Austria Metall AG announced this week a partnership with AUDI Hungaria Zrt to...
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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Pair Of OETINGER Scrap Recycling Plants
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced the provisional certification of OETINGER Aluminium’s Weißenhorn and Neu-Ulm plants in Germany against its Performance Standard for sustainable aluminium production. Based in Germany, OETINGER Aluminium recycles scrap and remelts it into liquid and solid aluminium alloys...
ASI Certifies Three Of Jupiter Aluminum’s Scrap Aluminium Remelting Plants Under Chain Of Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of a trio of plants in the United States operated...
Beijing Names 26 New Approved Importers Of Scrap Aluminium
The government of the People’s Republic of China named a second set of over two dozen overseas aluminium and copper...
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United States Scrap Aluminium Recovery Falls In May
Recycled aluminium collected from secondary producers in the United States saw a steep decline in May, recovering 19 percent less of it than the previous year. According to numbers from the United States Geological Survey, secondary producers recovered 231 thousand metric tons of scrap aluminium, which was also down from April’s total by 9 percent. […]
China Releases New Standards For Imported Aluminium Scrap
The long-awaited new standards on imported scrap aluminium and copper were published by the government of the People’s Republic of China on Sunday. The new standards, which will go into effect on July 1, place the minimum aluminium and aluminium alloy content at 100 percent for recycled aluminium ingot, 98 percent for aluminium castings, and […]
India’s Aluminium Industry Calls Upon Government To Cut Duties On Raw Materials
Last week India’s aluminium industry called upon New Delhi to cut basic customs duties on aluminium fluoride and other raw materials necessary for aluminium production, as such duties make it all but impossible for domestic producers to compete in the global marketplace. In comments regarding the proposed Union Budget for the next fiscal year, the […]
China Issues First Set Of Scrap Aluminium Import Quotas For 2020
Beijing released the first set of imported metal scrap quotas for 2020 earlier this week, establishing a maximum of 550 thousand metric tons of imported metal scrap for use by importers starting next month. On Monday, China’s Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Bureau gave permission for 275,465 metric tons of aluminium scrap and 270,885 metric […]
Facing Tight Supplies, China’s Secondary Aluminium Producers Boosted Operating Rates In November
Despite difficulties with obtaining raw materials in some sectors, total aluminium production in the People’s Republic of China spiked last month, largely in response to increased demand from automakers. Per a survey of producers conducted by Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), operating rates for secondary aluminium producers rose to 62.57 percent last month, which was an […]
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 ...
