The aluminum industry has purchased 367,000 tonnes of aluminum scrap in October 2017, a small decrease compared with the same period in 2016, according to recycling data released by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, in October 2017, the United States of renewable aluminum and recycled aluminum alloy production of 303,000 tons, compared with September 2017 and October 2016 decreased. Of these, 172,000 tons were recycled from the new waste aluminum, and 131,000 tons were produced by the old scrap aluminum.
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Preliminary data indicate that the United States recovered 3.36 million tonnes of aluminum from spent aluminium in January 2017-October, up 2% from the 3.3 million tonnes of reprocessing in the same period in 2016. Over the same period, the United States exported 1.4 million tonnes of aluminium scrap, up 14.5% from the same period in 2016. In October 2017, exports of aluminum scrap were 175,000 tonnes, up 30.3% from a year earlier.
In October 2017, the original aluminum production in the United States was 63,000 tonnes, and the average daily aluminum production in October was 2020 tonnes, which remained unchanged compared with September 2017, with a slight increase compared with October 2016.