Aluminium scrap

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The aluminium scrap market faces uncertainty. Transparency is crucial for aluminium scrap buyers, sellers, and traders to stay profitable amidst price fluctuations.

Demand for aluminium scrap is growing due to increased recycling in the automotive sector and environmental concerns and the European market plays a vital role in secondary aluminium trading.

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Consolidation, the recycling of electric vehicle batteries, US steel exports and the benefits of sustainable steelmaking were key talking points at Fastmarkets’ Scrap & Steel 2023 conference in Dallas in January

Green shoots of increased demand will emerge in US ferrous markets courtesy of the Biden administration’s trillion-dollar infrastructure package in 2023, Schnitzer’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer Richard Peach said at Fastmarkets’ Steel and Scrap Conference 2023 in Dallas, Texas

“Green steel” will not have a single definition or path to success but will vary by product and location, and will change over time, the American Iron and Steel Institute’s (AISI) top executive told Fastmarkets

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