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06/01/2023
As the pressing need to tackle the challenges posed by climate change has become a priority on both sides of the Atlantic, the European Union and the United States are placing decarbonisation efforts at the heart of trade policy to accelerate the transition towards a net zero economy. Via the […]
09/11/2019
Aluminium cans maintain their position as the most sustainable beverage packaging according to a newly released report by the U.S.-based Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). The report also claims that aluminium subsidises the recycling of less valuable material such as glass and plastic. The new […]
06/15/2019
Three in four aluminium beverage cans are now recycled in the United Kingdom – up from around one in two in 2010 – according to the latest data from Alupro. In addition, the overall aluminium packaging rate has increased from 41 per cent in 2010 to 53 per cent […]
05/13/2019
The Scottish government announced its new Deposit Return Scheme that includes aluminium drinks containers. The scheme – part of Scotland’s plan to mitigate climate change – involves an extra charge of 20 pence (23 cents) for a refundable deposit across all sizes of containers. The bottle return scheme […]
03/26/2019
Montenegrin company Uniprom will invest 26 million euros to overhaul and modernise the aluminium smelter KAP, according to the company’s owner Veselin Pejović. Uniprom is readying to open an 11-million euro production unit for aluminium alloys in the coming months with an annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes. In […]
03/15/2019
The think tank Green Alliance called on the UK government to be more ambitious in its overhaul of recycling system and achieve a 100 per cent aluminium recycling rate. In its latest research, Green Alliance estimates that doubling the current recycling rate could save the country £50 million (EUR […]
02/11/2019
FACE Aluminium brings you a roundup of last week’s aluminium news. Among the latest main news: British aluminium industry is anxious about the UK exiting the EU without a deal, Norsk Hydro and UC Rusal release their latest results. In the world, Nigeria is reopening the country’s only aluminium smelter […]
01/14/2019
FACE Aluminium brings you a roundup of last week’s aluminium news. Among the latest main news: In Europe, India’s auto components maker Endurance Technologies acquires Italian die casting company Fonpresmetal, and Etem Bulgaria is divided into to companies and will receive investment from its parent company Viohalco. In the world, […]
01/07/2019
FACE Aluminium brings you a roundup of last week’s aluminium news. Among the latest main news: In Europe, Finnish Purso Oy group acquired Dutch aluminium company Nedal. In the world, Aluminium Bahrain is on its way to become the world’s largest aluminium smelter, Indian authorities consider tariffs as aluminium […]