Recycling
LOI Thermprocess, Duisburg, will present innovative recycling and heat treatment plants at ALUMINIUM 2022.
Novelis will showcase its new laminated aluminium surfaces for beverage can ends at ALUMINIUM 2022 in Düsseldorf at the end of September.
Investment
A groundbreaking ceremony on 1 September marks the construction of Hydro’s new aluminium recycling plant in Szekesfehervar, Hungary.
Rio Tinto is investing USD 29m (CD 35m) to build a new aluminium recycling facility at its Arvida Plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec.
Novelis has been awarded Performance Standard Certifications (PSC) from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative for its 14 scrap collection centres in Brazil.
Automotive
Amag, Ranshofen, developed globally unique, recycling-friendly alloy AlSi7.Rec for wheels and wheel assemblies. The market launch for two Audi electric vehicles already completed
Hydro invests NOK 150 m at Henderson plant to expand recycled aluminium production and support production of Hydro Circal.
Aluminium rolling and recycling flagship Novelis has announced a partnership with scrap metal sorting and recycling start-up Sortera Alloys.
Volkswagen Slovakia joined the Aluminium Closed Loop project, which was introduced at Audi’s Neckarsulm site in 2017.
Amag Austria Metall AG has launched a new product line, which stands for a very low CO2 footprint.
Hydro has started the expansion project at its aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany.
Hydro’s Commerce recycling plant in Texas, US, is certified to produce Hydro Circal low-carbon aluminium.
Hydrovolt, a battery recycling JV between Northvolt and Hydro, has started commercial recycling operations at its plant in Fredrikstad, Norway.
Hydro’s recycling plant in Clervaux, Luxembourg, has recently produced 130 tonnes of near-zero carbon aluminium with 100 % post-consumer aluminium scrap.
Novelis released it will invest USD2.5bn to build a new recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama, USA.
Hydro plans to acquire all the shares of the recycling company Alumetal SA in Kęty for €232m.
The UK’s aluminium packaging recycling rate was a record 68 % in 2021, with more than 156,000 t collected for recycling (a 3 % rise year-on-year).
With a groundbreaking ceremony, Hydro has started the construction of its aluminium recycling plant in Cassopolis, Michigan.
BMW is increasingly focusing on sustainability and intends to use aluminium wheels produced 100 % with ‘green’ electricity throughout the group from 2024.
A new study shows significant benefits of boosting aluminium can recycling in US.
