Recycled aluminium weekly recap: Rio Tinto expands its recycled aluminium production capacity; Australian giants Capral and Tomago ventures for aluminium scrap re-melting phenomenon
The production of aluminium from bauxite ore is an extensive process where specific costly items are required to gain alumina powder. Then the extracted alumina powder is sent down to refineries for aluminium production. The process to acquire aluminium more efficiently and quickly rather than this arduous process of extraction and smelting, as aluminium, a metal with excellent recycling properties, its scrap can be recycled through a process of re-melting and then forging it into any shape. The global metal and mining giant Rio Tinto has facilitated the construction of a new re-melting furnace in Quebec to keep up with the sustainability trend around the world. Australian aluminium manufacturers like Capral Extrusion and Tomago have joined hands to carefully carry out the re-melting of industrial aluminium scrap travelling from the former to the latter. Recycling is the most sustainable method and is very essential for the environment since it has the least greenhouse gas emissions than the traditional way of aluminium production.
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The Russia-Ukraine crisis and increased number of sanctions on Russia had put the aluminium sector under pressure, calling into question the fate of the industry. As a result of which companies like Norsk Hydro ASA of Norway, Novelis Inc. and Matalco Inc. of Canada are expanding their operations in the United States to create more of the lightweight metal needed by automakers, beverage can producers, and other industries.
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The global industry leader in responsible aluminium production, Rio Tinto has commissioned a new remelt furnace at its Laterrière facility, by appending 22,000 metric tonnes of recycling capacity to its aluminium operations in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.
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A contract has been signed between Capral Aluminium, Australia’s leading Extrusion Company, and Tomago Aluminium, Australia’s largest smelter, to supply approximately 550 tonnes of production scrap annually for re-melting. This chain of conduct is the first of its kind, set in Australia and destined to carbon neutralise the country’s aluminium industries.
The world’s leading aluminium dross processing company, Taha International Corporation has praised Bahrain’s commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2060.
The year 2021 has been economically challenged for most countries worldwide, with the Covid pandemic propelling a drastic impact. Venezuela, as a country was no exception to it, however, the nation in 2022 is creating hopes to clean the dark clouds in the economic sector following its 2014 recession.
The United States aluminium scrap exports in full-year 2021 have recorded a significant rise of 250,000 tonnes or 13.51 per cent, owing to the increased awareness of using recycled aluminium to reduce carbon footprint across the industry. In comparison with 1.85 million tonnes of export in 2020, the country’s aluminium scrap exports in 2021 stood at 2.10 million tonnes, showed the USGS data.
As per the USGS data, the United States exported a total of 4,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap to Indonesia in December 2021. On a month-on-month analysis, a downfall of 1,850 tonnes or 31.62% can be witnessed from 5,850 tonnes in November.
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Podback, a Nestlé and Jacobs Douwe Egberts joint venture in the UK is the first cross-industry alliance for the coffee consuming sector in the west. The Podback scheme was launched in 2021 and allows coffee pods from brands including Nespresso, Nescafé, and Tassimo to be recycled when customers return them via drop-off or kerbside collection, depending on location and availability. Pods are airtight containers of coffee equivalent to tea bags which are very important to the coffee machine. Warm water is forced with extreme pressure down the pod to brew the steaming hot coffee each time the release button is pressed.
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