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Recycling light metals from end-of-life vehicle

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The amount of aluminum used in cars and light trucks is growing steadily. However, without new developments in aluminum recycling technologies, sheet from automotive aluminum could eventually flood all current markets for recycled aluminum. This article summarizes the use of light metals and different alloys in transportation applications, the current auto recycling system, and new developments in the sorting of light metals by the metal recycling industry and by Huron Valley Steel Corporation, the world’s largest non-ferrous scrap sorter.

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  1. the Huron Valley Steel Corporation, USA

    A. Gesing & R. Wolanski

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For more information, contact A. Gesing, Huron Valley Steel Corporation, 41000 Huron River Drive, Belleville, Michigan 48111; (734) 697-6313; fax (734) 697-3420; e-mail gesinga@hvsc.net.

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Gesing, A., Wolanski, R. Recycling light metals from end-of-life vehicle. JOM 53, 21–23 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-001-0188-3

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