Aluminium Can Recycled Content Rises To 73 Percent: Report
A report released by the Aluminum Association earlier this week detailed the significant advances aluminium cans have made over competing...
recycled aluminium
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...
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...
Coca-Cola Will Soon Package Dasani In Aluminium Cans And Bottles
In an effort at increasing usage of recycled materials and reduction of plastic waste, Dasani brand drinking water will soon...
Events
Novelis To Collect Aluminium Beverage Cans At Kentucky Derby For Habitat For Humanity
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. will be on hand this weekend at Churchill Downs to help promote recycling among the attendees of this year’s Kentucky Derby. Novelis announced yesterday its appointment as the Derby’s recycling partner as well as its plan to provide recycling bins on the infield of Churchill Downs. The […]
Trimet Inaugurates New Rotary Furnace At Gelsenkirchen Plant
German recycling firm TRIMET Aluminium SE announced last week the installation of a new rotary furnace at its plant in Western Germany. Per the company, the new furnace’s 40-ton capacity will be more than sufficient for replacing a pair of the three older furnaces on the site. In addition to the new furnace, Trimet upgraded […]
China To Restrict Imports Of Scrap Aluminium And Steel Beginning On July 1
Commencing on July 1, the People’s Republic of China will begin limiting imports of scrap aluminium and steel, ostensibly in an effort at increasing domestic recycling rates. In a statement released by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, scrap aluminium and steel will be reclassified, effective in July, from the unrestricted import list of solid […]
Indian Professor Develops New Process For Small-Scale Production Of Aluminium Ingot Using Recycled Scrap
A researcher in India has developed a method for recycling scrap aluminium that allows small plants to produce graded-quality aluminium ingots with enhanced metallurgical and mechanical properties. Though details are sparse, the method, which was developed in a project entitled “Technology System Development of recycling of aluminum alloys for Industrial Applications” and headed up by […]
Novelis Plans US$175 Million Expansion To Brazilian Aluminium Production And Recycling Operations
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday a plan to invest US$175 million to expand the production and recycling capabilities of its Pindamonhangaba plant in Brazil. Per the firm’s press release, planned upgrades include bumping up rolled aluminium capacity by 100 thousand metric tons per year to a total of 680 thousand […]
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an old tradition, a one-day field trip for conference delegates was organized to the Aluminium of Greece (AoG) plant, some 180 km from ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
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 ...
