Non-ferrous metals

The Parona site of Intals alone produces 150,000 tonnes of aluminium from scrap each year.

As the world economy recovers from the Covid-19 recession, global demand for aluminium will soar. The International Aluminium Institute predicts a 40% increase by 2030 which will require an additional 33 million tonnes of production annually. 

The purchase of 100% of the shares was signed at the beginning of August 2024 and the closing conditions were met on September 6, 2024.

Novelis has announced it is investing approximately $90 million to increase recycling capacity for used beverage cans (UBCs) at its plant in Latchford, UK.

The Cronimet Group has sold its shares in the Australian joint venture with EQ Resources Limited (EQR), which specialises in the extraction of tungsten concentrate, to its business partner.

ZenRobotics has reached a significant milestone in their global expansion by securing a major deal with a prominent metals recycling company based in the United States.

Heraeus Precious Metals has introduced its new offering for products made with 100% recycled precious metals.

At IFAT, Steinert will be presenting the Plasmax LIBS, which has been specially designed for sorting aluminium alloys of classes 5xxx and 6xxx in ready-to-melt qualities.

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.

The RECRITIC Project aims to find the best recycling methods for recovering metals from mobile phone batteries and discarded motherboards, and to use these materials for new technological applications.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed an environmentally friendly method for recycling and purifying metals.