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    Global Aluminum Industry Calls for Accelerated Can Recycling

    The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) joined the Aluminum Association, European Aluminium, the Aluminium Association of Canada, and the Australian Aluminium Council, along with numerous aluminum producers, recyclers, rolling mills, can makers, and other industry leaders, in calling for urgent actions to be taken to achieve full circularity of aluminum beverage containers to decarbonize the aluminum […]

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    Hydro and PADNOS to Pioneer New Scrap Sorting Technologies for the U.S. Market

    Hydro is forming a joint venture with PADNOS, a Midwest leader in recycling and scrap management, to enable more upcycling of post-consumer aluminum scrap. Named Alusort LLC, the 50/50 joint venture will industrialize Hydro’s proprietary sorting technology, HySort®, bringing it to the U.S. market. “Digging deeper into the scrap pile and returning more aluminium to […]

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    EGA Starts Construction of UAE’s Largest Aluminum Recycling Plant

    Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) started construction on a 170,000 tonne per year recycling plant at its Al Taweelah smelter in the United Arab Emirates. This will be the largest aluminum recycling plant in the country. Market analysts expect global demand for recycled aluminum to grow from some 27 million tonnes per year in 2022 to […]

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    Hydro Opens New Recycling Plant in Michigan

    Hydro celebrated the official opening of its new US$150 million recycling plant in Cassopolis, MI. This milestone comes only 18 months after breaking ground at the site. Reported to have the lowest carbon footprint in North America, the recycling plant will serve a number of markets, while also supporting automotive innovation in Michigan and throughout […]

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    BCAST and Alloyed to Accelerate Aluminum Alloy Development

    Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at the Brunel University London is partnering with Alloyed, a U.K. company that designs digital solutions for metals manufacturers, on a new project aimed at supporting the development of new aluminum alloys. New alloys are normally developed by tweaking what goes into a standard alloy, then using trial […]

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    Treading Lightly with Secondary Aluminum

    By Geoff Scamans, BCAST at Brunel University London and Innoval Technology. Vehicles must become inherently more efficient and lightweight if automotive OEMs are to meet global emissions targets. The implementation of aluminum has helped move OEMs toward this goal, and as a result, there has been significant growth in aluminum intensive vehicles (AIVs) over the […]

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    Novelis Partners with Southern Company to Achieve Decarbonization Goals in Alabama

    Novelis Inc. is partnering with Southern Company, a leading energy provider, to achieve its decarbonization goals, with an initial focus on Novelis’ new recycling and rolling plant, which is currently under construction in Bay Minette, Alabama. The new plant aims to be carbon neutral for Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions (as per the GHG […]

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    Aluminum Dynamics Orders Furnaces and Casting Equipment for Three New Plants

    Aluminum Dynamics, the newly formed aluminum operations of Steel Dynamics, Inc., signed a contract with Gillespie & Powers Inc. along with their strategic partners Hustler Conveyor Company, American Pulverizer Company, and ETA Engineering for the supply of furnace equipment, pre-treatment equipment, and air pollution control equipment for their recently announced, state-of-the-art facilities in Columbus, Mississippi, Gila […]

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    Spectro Alloys to Add Aluminum Recycling Capacity in Minnesota

    Spectro Alloys plans to invest $71 million to add new aluminum recycling equipment to its campus in Rosemount, MN. The investment will allow the Midwest-based recycler to expand its capabilities to sort and melt post-consumer aluminum scrap and cast it into various sheet ingot and billet alloys. This is in response to the need for […]