Non-ferrous metals

During their meeting in Lisbon, the Statistical Committee of the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) has developed their forecast for the rest of 2016 and the coming year.

Revenues were up 7% compared to the third quarter last year, reflecting solid growth across the business groups.

Coupled with its X-TRACT, Tomra Sorting will launch its LIBS technology, at ALUMINIUM 2016, in Düsseldorf, Germany, between 29 November and 01 December, 2016.

According to preliminary ICSG data, the refined copper market for July 2016 showed an apparent production surplus of around 133,000 metric tonnes (t) mainly due to weaker Chinese apparent refined copper demand.

Aluminium plays a key role in mobility, but up to 50% of the material used in the stamping processes common in mass production operations was wasted because there was no way of separating the production waste for recycling. The Steinert LSS (Laser Sorting System) enables alloys to be cleanly separated from one another.

The situation of the European Copper Alloy Ingot Makers increased slightly com-pared to the previous year. This was pointed out by the President of OECAM, An-ton Bauer, during the last General Assembly in Vienna.

Upstate Shredding has announced the construction of its new heavy media plant in Owego with the assistance of a $1 million NY ESD grant awarded earlier this year from the State of New York.

Umicore today announced plans to consolidate its German production of automotive catalysts at one dedicated facility.

According to a study by BOKU University, Europe can take specific measures to formalise the informal recycling of aluminium beverage cans.

In addition to the economic and environmental benefits covered, new this year is expanded information on the global portion of the industry, including increased data on trends and markets.

The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) released preliminary data for June 2016 world copper supply and demand in its September 2016 Copper Bulletin.