Norwegian aluminum and renewable energy company Hydro has partnered with scrap management company PADNOS to create Alusort LLC. Alusort is owned 50/50 by Hydro and PADNOS, and is positioned to supply feedstock to Hydro’s recycling plants in Cassopolis and Henderson, in order to produce Hydro CIRCAL, Hydro’s line of recycled aluminum containing a minimum of 75% post-consumer scrap, on a large scale.
The patented HySort technology, pioneered in Europe and now used by Alusort, allows sorting of more mixed and challenging types of post-consumer aluminum scrap into fractions, before being returned to recycling plants as raw materials. This enables aluminum recycling plants to achieve efficient production of high-quality, low-carbon aluminum.
“Aluminum is infinitely recyclable, but a large portion ends up in landfills. The new sorting machine allows us to go deeper into the pile and give new life to more aluminum. Advanced recycling is good for the environment, it’s good for the climate and it’s good for business.” says Duncan Pitchford, president of Hydro Aluminum Metals USA.
Access to post-consumer scrap is becoming increasingly important for aluminum recycling companies such as Hydro in the United States. Alusort’s establishment and USD 4 million investment in advanced sorting technology responds to the need to tap valuable materials from automobiles, buildings, electronic equipment or other consumer goods in a growing domestic market, rather than sending them to landfills or exporting them abroad.
PADNOS personnel run the daily operations at Alusort, while Hydro personnel supervise the activities and provide technical support. With an annual sorting capacity of 20,000 tons of aluminum scrap per year, the HySort machine is key to the production of high-quality recycled alloys for the automotive, construction and other key markets in the United States.
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