Aluminum Recycling

Aleris’ aluminum recycling operations have become a recycling leader in the Americas through its emphasis on superior technology, product quality, customer service, and through the expansion of existing plants and the acquisition of others. This business currently operates 19 US-based facilities in eight states and two recycling facilities in Brazil. (Click here to view plant locations and capabilities)

We offer a wide range of metal recycling services and specification-alloy products made to order. The recycling facilities are able to process both primary and secondary scrap aluminum, giving us a great degree of flexibility to respond to your needs and industry trends.

Industries served:

• Extrusion
• Can sheet
• Transportation
• Construction
• Steel

Scrap Processing

Aluminum that is recycled by Aleris includes many types of post-consumer and industrial scrap, new scrap from the manufacturing of cans and other products, and dross which is skim from the aluminum melting process. Aleris is able to sort, crush, shred, clean, and melt the scrap, then deliver it to metal customers in ingot, sow, or molten form.

Materials being processed:

• Dross. Aluminum dross, one of the principal materials recycled by Aleris, forms on the top of material in reverberatory furnaces during the melting process.  
• New Scrap. This new scrap is generated from the manufacture of auto wheels, engine blocks and heads, can stock, extrusions, building materials, and other types of aluminum scrap.
• Old Scrap. Old scrap such as used beverage cans (UBCs), vehicles, building components, other types of industrial and consumer scrap. 

Milling

The Aleris milling operations recycle black dross and saltcake through proprietary dry and wet milling processes to separate the components of the materials, thereby reducing the overall volume of waste material produced and returning a portion of them to re-usable products, including aluminum and various mineral oxides.

Melting

Aleris operates both reverberatory and rotary furnaces. Solid scrap aluminum is converted into a liquid form during the melting process. Throughout the melting process, additional alloying elements can be added to achieve a specified chemistry required for various end use needs. The molten metal can be cast into various shapes such as ingot, RSI, or Deox. It can even be transported to customers in a molten state for direct charge to their casting equipment.

Manufacturers needing consistently processed recycled aluminum material rely on Aleris to supply them with the needed material. Aleris offers a tolling fee to accept, inspect, shred, separate, de-lacquer, and melt aluminum owned by its customers. After the melting process is completed, the aluminum is cast and delivered to the customer. Products can be delivered to customers in the following forms:

• Molten
• Ingot form
• Sow form
• Deox cone

Casting Process

The molten aluminum from the melting process is poured into a mold allowing it to solidify into particular shapes:

• Low-profile sow
• Several sizes of ingot
• 2-way sows
• 4-way sows
• Deox cones

Aluminum Deoxidizers

Aleris produces a full range of aluminum deoxidizers for use in iron and steel production. All grades are produced to conform to ASTM Specification B-37-96 and meet the steel industry standards. Aluminum deoxidizers are available in a wide variety of shapes including:

• Briquettes
• Cones
• Pyramids
• Shot
• Shreds

All products are provided in a variety of packaging styles to meet your unique requirements:

• Boxes
• Bundles
• Bags
• Super sacks
• Truckloads

Facilities

For more information, please contact an Aleris Aluminum Recycling & Specification inside sales representative at:
Email:  rsaa.insidessalesaleris.com
Toll Free: +1 800-631-6883
Phone:  +1 216-910-3400
Efax:  +1 216-937-0192