Hydro entered a multi-year agreement with Sims Alumisource to purchase processed aluminum scrap for its North American extrusion business. Hydro is the largest producer of aluminum billets in North America, with 12 recycling facilities in the U.S. and Canada. Hydro and Sims Alumisource have previously worked together to refine the processing of post-consumer aluminum scrap […]
Gränges recently formed a strategic, long-term partnership with aluminum recycler, Scepter, Inc. Under the agreement, Scepter will supply recycled aluminum ingots to Gränges’ rolling and recycling centers in the U.S. “Gränges is committed to reducing the carbon footprint of our products and thereby also helping our customers on their decarbonization journey. This agreement is a […]
Hydro plans to build a state-of-the-art aluminum recycling plant in Torija, Spain. The company signed an agreement with a subsidiary of the Pulsar Properties Group to purchase land in the area, where it will invest €130–140 million in the construction of the plant, depending on the final design, market conditions, and macroeconomic developments. “The European […]
UCIN Aluminio, a Spanish producer of rolled aluminum, manufactures 90% of its strips from recycled aluminum. The company deals with a large amount of aluminum scrap, therefore having the ability to store large quantities of the material in various alloy types is paramount. To this end, UCIN Aluminio enlisted T.T. Tomorrow Technology S.p.A., Padova, Italy, […]
By Emily Molstad and Caleb Ralphs, VALIS Insights Inc., and Aaron Birt, Sean Kelly, and Diran Apelian, Solvus Global. The aluminum industry requires a drastic shift in business as usual to meet rapidly growing demand while significantly reducing emissions associated with production. The automotive industry highlights this shift, as utilization of aluminum for lightweighting and […]
Rio Tinto is investing US$29 million (C$35 million) to build a new aluminum recycling facility at its Arvida smelter in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada. The investment will enable the company to expand its offering of low-carbon aluminum solutions for customers in the automotive, packaging, and construction markets. “Investing in new recycling facilities in Arvida is another […]
Novelis Inc. formed a strategic partnership with Sortera Alloys, Inc., an innovative industrial scrap metal sorting and recycling company based in Fort Wayne, IN. Under the agreement, Novelis will take advantage of Sortera’s advanced sorting technologies, including machine learning data analytics and advanced sensors, to recycle and re-use higher amounts of both production and post-consumer […]
Capral Aluminium, Australia’s largest extruder, and Tomago Aluminium, a major aluminum smelter in Australia, signed an agreement for a closed-loop recycling program. Under the agreement, Capral will supply approximately 550 tonnes of annual production scrap to Tomago for remelting, paving the way toward access to low carbon aluminum for Australian manufacturers. “As far as we are […]
Alcoa has developed a new, patented process for the purification of post-consumer aluminum scrap. This ASTREA™ process is designed to process low quality scrap (such as zorba, which is comprised of shredded aluminum and other nonferrous metals from automobiles) into an extremely high purity level equivalent to or surpassing P0101 aluminum alloys (containing only 0.1% […]
