Hydro has invested NOK100m (EUR8.6m) in recycling technology at the Årdal primary aluminium plant in Norway, reducing the carbon footprint of its aluminium products.
Secondary Recycling
Steinert is presenting new products at the Ifat trade fair in Munich (13–17 May 2024): four new sorting systems and add-ons.
Four members of the European Aluminium Packaging Group (EAPG) have signed an agreement to engage in a project to maximise the recycled content levels of beverage cans.
Hydro has entered a multi-year agreement with Sims Alumisource to purchase processed aluminium scrap for its North American extrusion business.
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is leading the EU project “RecAL”, which focuses on sustainability, the circular economy and resource efficiency in the aluminium industry.
Aluminium manufacturer Trimet has completed the expansion of its recycling plant in Gelsenkirchen and increased capacity by around 20%.
Scepter Inc. will supply Gränges with scrap-based ingots for its production of circular and sustainable aluminium solutions.
Tom Giddings, executive director of Alupro, the UK aluminium packaging recycling body, looks ahead through 2024 and explains what the industry wants to see this year.
76% of aluminium beverage cans were recycled in 2021 which is a total of 570,000 t. This new record level means a saving of 4,7m t of CO2-eq.
Scot-Mag flux helps eliminating non-metallic inclusions, hydrogen, sodium, calcium and lithium from molten aluminium and its alloys.
Mechatherm International Ltd and Aston University have formed a research collaboration on the aluminium de-coating process to establish a new design of de-coating and heat recovery processes in the aluminium recycling industry.
Hydro invests in new Spanish aluminium recycler, thus strengthening its position in decarbonizing industries by offering more low-carbon aluminium.
The ‘KlimPro’ research project investigates the influence on the quality of secondary aluminium of replacing methane fuel in part by hydrogen.
SA Recycling is one of USA’s biggest players in metal recycling and uses sensor sorting technology from Steinert in its plants.
High aluminium purity thanks to the use of state-of-the-art sorting systems
Interview with Trimet Executive Board member Dr. Andreas Lützerath about the future challenges in areas such as demographics, digitalization and decarbonization.
Hydro and US company Padnos have formed a joint venture to enable more upcycling of post-consumer aluminium scrap.
In mid-November, Hydro opened the Cassopolis, Michigan plant in the US – 18 months after breaking ground at the site.
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has announced the start of construction for the largest aluminium recycling plant in the United Arab Emirates.
Gränges has formed a joint venture with Shandong Innovation Group (SIG) to build a recycling and casting operation Yunnan, China.