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China To Restrict Imports Of Scrap Aluminium And Steel Beginning On July 1

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...

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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 […]

British Firm Axion Joins Groundbreaking Jaguar Land Rover Aluminium Recycling Project

British resource recovery firm Axion Recycling Ltd. revealed earlier this week that it has signed on with Jaguar Land Rover’s REcycled ALuminium Through Innovative TechnologY (REALITY) project. The project is a £2-million (US$2.85 million) outgrowth of Jaguar Land Rover’s REALCAR (REcycled ALuminium CAR) projects. Jaguar Land Rover’s REALCAR project was launched a decade ago and […]

Norsk Hydro Debuts Two New Low-Carbon Aluminium Products

In an effort at capturing a segment of the sustainable aluminium market, Norwegian aluminium firm Norsk Hydro A.S.A. introduced two new low-carbon aluminium products yesterday. The products, which are to be independently certified by DNV GL are Hydro 4.0, an aluminium product derived from plants powered by renewable hydropower and with a maximum content of […]