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...
recycled aluminium
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...
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...
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...
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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 […]
Novelis Buys Aleris For US$2.6 Billion
In a move that will change the global rolled-aluminium landscape, rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. today agreed to the purchase of Atlanta’s rolled-aluminium firm Aleris for US$2.6 billion plus debt. The merger, which will create a firm with pro-forma revenues of around US$15 billion, is expected to be concluded in 9 to 15 […]
MRAI Calls For Abolition Of India’s 2.5% Customs Duty On Scrap Aluminium
Secondary aluminium trade lobby group Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) called upon Centre to drop the country’s 2.5-percent customs duty on imported scrap aluminium earlier this week. The move is in stark contrast with the Aluminium Association of India’s (AAI) continued calls for the duty on scrap to be raised to 10 percent. The […]
Secondary Aluminium Market Stakeholders Form Advocacy Group Aluminum Recyclers Council
A new aluminium trade group announced its arrival upon the industry’s landscape yesterday. Representing recycled aluminium alloy manufacturers in the United States, the Aluminum Recyclers Council was formed last month in an effort at unifying the voice of a growing aluminium segment that finds itself in the midst of dramatic change. Luke Palen, President of […]
Rise in Aluminium Shipments Propel Novelis to Record Highs in Third Quarter of FY18
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. released results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 on Thursday. The firm set several financial records in the quarter, thanks in no small part to increased shipments and improved product offerings. The firm posted net sales in the quarter of US$3.085 billion, up 33 percent […]
Aluminium Prices in Q2: A Market Analysis
Base metals prices tumbled in the last week of April and at the start of May, with the aluminium price falling to US$ 1765/t on May 10 (cash LME, US$ 1800.5/t 3-month), the lowest since January 2017. While there is no one ...
Research and Investment Hail Changing Tides for Montenegro’s KAP
On April 25, Montenegro’s Uniprom D.O.O. (owners of Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica, KAP) started construction works on a €15 million aluminium ...
Aluminium Industry Riding To Higher Demand In Electric Vehicles
This is an exciting time indeed for aluminium consumption, with demand for this highly versatile metal continuing to rise to ...
Alumina Market Update: Surplus Of Alumina, Lower Prices Expected In 2019
2018 was a turbulent year for both the alumina market and the price, signified by the fact that spot price ...
