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Recycling: Aluminium Scrap is Becoming More and More Valuable
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Figure 1: ALUMINIUM will present the latest developments and potential of aluminium recycling from 9 to 11 October in Düsseldorf.
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luminium recycling is gaining in
latest developments and potential of
made from the primary metal and those
importance as a source of raw
aluminium recycling from 9 to 11 October
made from recycled aluminium.
materials. Today, aluminium scrap
in Düsseldorf.
is already one of the most economically
Its significance is increasing in a time
valuable secondary raw materials.
of shrinking raw material reserves and
Important raw material source
Around 20% of the world’s aluminium
scarce, and above all expensive, energy.
Scrap supply is the bottleneck
requirements are covered by post-
Recycled aluminium is produced in the
for the aluminium material cycle,
consumer scrap. ALUMINIUM - the world’s
form of cast and wrought alloys. There are
since aluminium is used mostly in
largest industry event - will present the
no qualitative differences between alloys
products with long service lives, e.g. in
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N. 53 - SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 - international PAINT&COATING magazine