U.S. aluminium and aluminium alloys recovery rate falls 7.5% y-o-y in Oct 2015

The U.S. aluminium industry purchased an estimated 757 million pounds of aluminium scrap during October 2015, according to aluminium recycling statistics published by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, down 7.0 percent from the October 2014 total of 814 million. USGS estimates that recovery of aluminium and aluminium alloys totalled 654 million pounds, a decrease of 7.5 percent year-over-year.

Through October, preliminary data indicate that recovery of aluminium from scrap totalled an estimated 6,593 million pounds, down 1.7 percent from the 2014 YTD total of 6,710 million. U.S. exports of scrap, not included in the government’s consumption statistics, totalled 2,897 million pounds YTD, down 10.0 percent from the same period in 2014.

Copyright and Exemption Declaration :¢ÙAll articles, pictures and videos that are marked with "China Aluminum Network" on this website are copyright and belong to China Aluminium Network (www.alu.com.cn). When transshipment, any media, website or individual must list the source from "China Aluminium Network (www.alu.com.cn)". We seek legal actions against anyone that disobey this. ¢ÚArticles that marked as copy from others are for transferring more information to readers, do not represent or endorse their opinions or accuracy and reliability. When other media, website or individuals copy from our website, must keep the source. Anyone that changes the articles' sources will hold the responsibilities for copyright and law problems. We also seek legal actions against anyone that disobey this. ¢ÛIf any articles copied by our website concern the copyright and other problems, please contact us within one week.