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Non-ferrous melting scrap traded as Taint/Tabor, Tense, Talon, Taldon and other named grades.
📅 Last Updated: July 2026
About Aluminium Melting Scrap
Aluminium melting scrap is an actively traded category. The metal has displaced steel and other materials in vehicles, building applications, packaging, and electrical work, and the recycling industry handles steady flows. Aluminium can be recycled multiple times, and the energy required to produce a tonne of recycled aluminium is a fraction of that required for primary metal.
The trade moves cast scrap, wrought scrap, used beverage cans, automotive scrap, and a range of mixed and alloyed forms. As with other metals, the grading system uses short distinctive names from the ReMA specifications.
Principal Grades
The principal grades of aluminium melting scrap, as defined in the ReMA specifications:
Tablet
Clean aluminium can scrap, sorted and baled, from used beverage cans (UBC).
Talc
Clean mixed old alloy sheet aluminium — old siding, gutters, lithoplate, and similar.
Taint/Tabor
Clean mixed old alloy sheet aluminium. One of the most widely traded grades.
Taldon
Mixed old cast aluminium — old castings free of iron, brass, dirt, and corrosion.
Talon
Aluminium-copper radiators — automotive radiators with copper tubing and aluminium fins.
Tassel
Aluminium turnings — clean, dry, and free of iron, oil, and other contaminants.
Tata
Mixed low-copper aluminium clippings and solids.
Tense
Aluminium turnings — segregated by alloy.
Tepid
Wrought aluminium — clippings, extrusions, and similar.
Terse
New aluminium foil scrap — clean, dry, and uncoated.
Throb
Painted aluminium siding — for refinery feed.
Twang
New pure aluminium wire and cable.
Companies Active in Aluminium — By Country
Companies grouped by country. Each handles aluminium melting scrap among other categories.
🇮🇳 India (15)
Hindalco Industries (Aditya Birla)
Mumbai • Aluminium and copper producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Aluminium · Copper
🤖 About Company🔍 ExploreVedanta Ltd (Sterlite Copper, BALCO)
Mumbai • Copper, aluminium, zinc producer, publicly listed
🏷️ Copper · Aluminium · Zinc
🤖 About Company🔍 ExploreJain Resource Recycling Ltd
Chennai • Non-ferrous recycler, publicly listed
🏷️ Copper · Aluminium · Zinc
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🇺🇸 United States (19)
Sims Metal Management
New York • Diversified scrap multinational, ASX-listed
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium · Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 ExploreRadius Recycling (Schnitzer Steel)
Portland, OR • Diversified scrap, NASDAQ-listed
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium
🤖 About Company🔍 ExploreEMR USA Metal Recycling
Camden, NJ • EMR subsidiary
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium · Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 ExploreAlter Trading Corporation
St. Louis, MO • Midwest diversified operator
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium
🤖 About Company🔍 ExploreCohen USA / Cohen Recycling
Middletown, OH • Family-owned diversified recycler
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom (10)
European Metal Recycling (EMR)
Warrington • Diversified scrap, privately held
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium · Stainless Steel
🤖 About Company🔍 ExploreBiffa plc Metal Recycling
High Wycombe • Publicly listed waste/metals
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium
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🇨🇳 China (5)
China Minmetals Corporation
Beijing • State-owned, all metals
🏷️ Steel · Copper · Aluminium · Zinc
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🇩🇪 Germany (8)
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🇯🇵 Japan (4)
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Tokyo • Copper, aluminium, alloys, TSE-listed
🏷️ Copper · Aluminium
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🇰🇷 South Korea (2)
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🇹🇷 Turkey (3)
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🇻🇳 Vietnam (2)
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🇲🇾 Malaysia (6)
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (17)
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🇮🇹 Italy (3)
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📈 Aluminium — Exchanges & Trade Bodies
Where aluminium and its scrap are priced, and the organisations that anchor the trade.
LME
London Metal Exchange — global base metals pricing
🔗 lme.comCME Group (COMEX)
US futures — copper, aluminium, ferrous scrap
🔗 cmegroup.comBIR — Bureau of International Recycling
The global federation of the recycling industry, Brussels
🔗 bir.org⚠️ Disclaimer
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