Aluminium Scrap
Aluminium scrap is traded by alloy, product form and condition. Coatings and attached steel or plastic can affect grading.
Grades and trade descriptions
- 6063 extrusion
- Architectural profiles and extrusion offcuts. Buyers may distinguish clean, painted and attached material.
- Taint/Tabor
- A ReMA trade category for mixed aluminium sheet scrap within specified limits.
- Cast aluminium, wheels and UBC
- Separate streams for cast parts, wheel scrap and used beverage cans.
Where it comes from
Window and façade fabricators generate extrusion offcuts. Sheet-metal shops produce sheet and plate offcuts. Vehicle dismantlers supply wheels and cast parts, and beverage collection supplies used cans.
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