Non-ferrous metals
New president for Novelis Asia
| Novelis has announced the appointment of Sachin Satpute to the position of Senior Vice President, Novelis Inc. and President, Novelis Asia, effective June 1, 2016.
Think tank for automobile recycling
| On March 18, the International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2016 in Berlin, Germany, came to an end. More than 220 representatives of the global automotive recycling sector had come together to discuss current political conditions and the latest trends in recycling technology.
Copper: Preliminary Data for December 2015
| The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) released preliminary data for December 2015 world copper supply and demand in its March 2016 Copper Bulletin.
Liam disassembles iphones
| During their spring presentation, Apple has introduced the recycling program Apple Renew and a disassembly robot called Liam.
Copper is expected to grow slowly
| The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) met in Portugal in March to discuss key issues affecting the global copper market.
In for a rough ride
| 2015 was not a good year for the non-ferrous metals industry. This fact was the topic of discussion on several occasions, especially at the BIR conference in Prague last autumn. The question constantly asked was: How low can it get? Many suspect that 2016 could bring a new definition of low.
Novelis publishes strong quarterly results
| Novelis has reported a net income of $6 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2016. Excluding tax-effected special items, the company reported net income of $32 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to $54 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2015.
Umicore announces successful year
| According to the Belgian company’s statement, revenues were up by 11 per cent compared to 2014 with with strong growth in Catalysis and Energy & Surface Technologies more than offsetting the impact of lower metal prices on the recycling activities.
Aluminium beverage can recycling at new record high
| The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland increased by 1.8% to a new record level of 71.3% in 2013. European Aluminium considers this result an important milestone on its path towards its voluntary recycling target for used beverage cans of 80% by 2020.
Novelis achieves 49 percent recycled Inputs
| Novels has published its 2015 sustainability report today, detailing significant progress toward increasing the use of recycled aluminum and using natural resources more efficiently.
Recycling of aluminium packaging at record level
| Together with strong market growth the quantity of recycled aluminium packaging reached an all-time high in 2014.
Tinplate Most-Recycled Packaging Material in Germany
| With a recycling quota of 93.3% of the Tinplate packaging consumed in Germany, packaging steel has retained its top position once again in 2014.
Recylex with loss in sales in the third quarter
| For the first nine months of 2015, sales were also significantly lower than those of the previous year.
Non-Ferrous Metals: Sector faced with “diminishing margins, rising costs and low confidence”
| 2015 has been “a very tough year” in which the “bad economic climate” has led to adverse effects on companies’ budgets and employment plans. So said the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division’s President David Chiao of the Uni-All Group in the USA at the body’s meeting in Prague on October 26.
