The renewable aluminum industry has the advantages of saving resources, saving energy and protecting the environment, and is an important way for the sustainable development of aluminum industry, especially in the situation of the lack of bauxite resources in China and the promotion of energy-saving and emission-reduction, Green Development and the implementation of “Carbon-neutral peak”, the development of renewable aluminum industry has more important significance.

1. Since the reform and opening-up, after 40 years of development, the supply of raw materials for recycling aluminum has been increasing and the scale of recycling aluminum industry has been expanding. During the 13th five-year plan period, industrial transformation and upgrading accelerated, and China’s renewable aluminum industry basically completed the transformation from labor-intensive to technology-intensive, and the output continued to increase, products are widely used in transportation, construction, hardware manufacturing, machinery and other industries, industry upstream and downstream synergy development achieved remarkable results. At the same time, the technical level of the recycling aluminum industry has been significantly improved, and the supporting system related to equipment manufacturing, warehousing logistics, auxiliary materials supply has been continuously improved. China’s recycled aluminum industry has become an important area of the country’s recycling economy, the impact on the global recycling of aluminum is increasing. The raw material recycling channel consummates unceasingly, the industrial scale expands unceasingly. At present, the proportion of recycled aluminum in China has reached 89% , and the pattern of using domestic raw materials as the main raw material has become more prominent. The production capacity of recycled aluminum in China has reached about 14 million tons, accounting for about 30% of the total recycled aluminum in the world, has become the world’s largest aluminum recycling power, industry “Columnar”distribution, balanced development trend is obvious, scale recycling enterprises have gradually become an important supply channel of waste aluminum, Concentration ratio continued to increase. The pretreatment technology has been improved significantly, forming the proprietary technology and industrial characteristics. The comparison of key production indexes of digital workshop information system in some aluminum recycling enterprises is remarkable, the design and manufacturing capacity of the industry is also improving, and the automatic pretreatment process has made great progress Advanced flue gas dedusting equipment has been widely used, dioxin treatment technology and nitrogen oxide treatment technology have been promoted, and better environmental protection results have been achieved; head enterprises have actively increased investment in research and development, at the same time, we have trained a group of skilled workers with rich experience. Product quality has been steadily improved, and the application field has been continuously expanded. With the continuous improvement of pretreatment technology and smelting technology, the quality of recycled wrought aluminum alloys in China has been improved, and the quality of recycled wrought aluminum alloys in China has been improved, production and consumption have also increased. The green resources circulation speeds up, the energy conservation reduces the carbon effect to be remarkable. During the “Fifteen”period, China’s total output of recycled aluminum was about 34.8 million tons. Compared with the production of the same amount of electrolytic aluminum, 139.2 million tons of aluminum ore were mined less, 120 million tons of energy-saving standard coal, 770 million cubic meters of water were saved, and 380 million tons of carbon dioxide were emitted less, reduction of solid waste emissions by 696 million tonnes.

2. The main problems in the development of China’s recycled aluminum industry, China’s recycled aluminum has made great achievements in the past period of time, but it should also be soberly seen, china’s production of recycled aluminum as a proportion of total aluminum production is still at the level of developed countries in the 1980s. At present, the overall level and capacity of aluminum recycling industry in China is difficult to meet the needs of industrial upgrading and green and high-quality development. The industry supporting system still needs to be perfected. There is a lack of top-level design and overall planning for industrial development, value-added tax and income tax policies need to be improved, standards and norms started late, and professional skills need to be upgraded urgently. The degree of raw material security needs to be improved. The mode of domestic raw material recovery needs to be improved, and the advantage of international raw material purchase is weakened. R & D Investment is insufficient and basic research is weak. There is a lack of professional and standard design and research institutions for recycled aluminum, and there is not a national technology center for recycled aluminum, and the technology innovation system of “Enterprises as the main body, market-oriented and integration of production, teaching and research”is not perfect. The ratio of high value product utilization is relatively low. The added value of products needs to be improved, the manufacturing cost of enterprises is rising constantly, and the financing and anti-risk ability of enterprises are weak. Better understanding of reclaimed aluminium is needed. For a long time, the understanding level of the recycling metal industry is still at a low level. The social recognition of recycled metal products still needs to be improved. The social and environmental benefits of Industry have not been widely recognized. Analysis of the development environment of China’s renewable aluminum industry, the International Development Environment is complex and changeable. With the deepening of China’s green and high-quality development strategy, the renewable aluminum industry is facing new opportunities and challenges in the new era, it has huge development potential and space, and has ushered in a new development period. According to the forecast of resources and consumption, it is expected that the consumption of electrolytic aluminum in China will reach its peak in 2024. After that, the consumption of aluminum will basically be in a plateau period. Due to the policy and economic reasons, the production of primary aluminum will gradually decrease, while the production of recycled aluminum will increase year by year, in the proportion of aluminum consumption gradually increased. At present, China is still in the stage of industrialization and urbanization, the consumption of aluminum is still on the rise, the demand for aluminum in construction, transportation and durable consumer goods continues to expand, and the application fields of aluminum are also expanding. The lightweight of automobile is being promoted vigorously, and the consumption of cast aluminum alloy is on the rise. The domestic production of waste aluminum resources is increasing, the related industrial policies are improving, the strategic position of the recycling aluminum industry is improving, and the industrial development environment is optimizing. There is great potential for material security. According to the research on the scrap cycle of various aluminum products, China will soon become the country with the largest amount of aluminum waste resources in the world, at the same time, a large number of overseas urban mineral resources is also an important focus for China to form a stable and safe international supply channel in the future. It is expected that new energy auto parts, building materials, consumer electronics shell materials, hardware accessories, photovoltaic base materials will stimulate greater potential during the “14th five-year”period. The prospect of cooperation between upstream and downstream industry chains is broad. In addition to the direct distribution of aluminum alloy melt, the recycling aluminum enterprises together with the production enterprises and aluminum foil processing enterprises promote the use of waste cans and aluminum foil grade reduction. Policy enabling environment for development. The Industrial Policy Environment is being continuously optimized, and the superiority and importance of the Non-ferrous metal industry in saving resources, protecting the environment, saving energy and reducing emissions are bound to be further highlighted. The technology market is becoming more active. With the implementation of the green development strategy and the demand of industrial transformation and upgrading, in the future, China’s renewable aluminum industry has great potential for the demand of new technologies.

3. China’s renewable aluminum industry development strategy, summing up the history, analysis of problems, study the situation, scientific forecast, all in order to better planning development strategy. Guiding ideology. We will hold high the banner of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the second, third, fourth and fifth plenary sessions of the 19th Party Central Committee, and thoroughly implement Xi Jinping thought on ecological civilization, focusing on the overall layout of “Five in one”and the strategic layout of “Four comprehensives”, the development concept of “Innovation, coordination, green, open and sharing”will be implemented to provide strong support for the green and low-carbon circular development of the aluminum industry. Principles of development. We will continue to follow the National Strategy and promote standardized and intensive development. We will continue to follow policy guidance and improve regulations, standards and industrial support systems. We will continue to coordinate industrial chains to achieve coupled development of related industries. We will continue to drive innovation, we will raise the level of intelligent, green and sustainable development. We will adhere to the principle of double circulation at home and abroad and make full use of both resources in the two markets. We will continue to develop new products and expand the application fields and scale. Development objectives. By 2025, China’s production of recycled aluminum will reach 11.5 million tons, and a demonstration base for recycling and distribution of recycled aluminum will be established The comprehensive energy consumption of advanced enterprises will be further reduced, and the degree of harmless treatment and resource utilization of aluminum ash will be further improved. By 2030, the output of recycled aluminum will reach 18 million tons, of which the utilization ratio of deformed aluminum alloy will be further improved on the basis of the period of the 14th five-year plan, the processing technology of recycled aluminum will reach the international advanced level, and a perfect industrial system will be formed We will cultivate and build collaborative innovation parks for the aluminum recycling industry, build recycling and distribution bases for aluminum, further reduce the comprehensive energy consumption of some advanced enterprises on the basis of the 14th five-year plan, and make 100% of the aluminum ash and other solid waste resources available. Priority task. By 2025, we will improve the policies and standards system for the recycling aluminum industry, strengthen research and development of new products, further standardize the recycling system for waste aluminum, promote research and demonstration of Quality Assurance and Utilization Technologies, and create distinctive industrial clusters in key regions, we will promote technological innovation and smart manufacturing, promote advanced energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies, and carry out vocational training and skill upgrading. By 2030, we will establish a more complete recycling system for the aluminum industry, strengthen the design of material recovery, comprehensively promote environmental protection and related green industries, comprehensively promote the use of intelligent manufacturing and grade protection technologies, and promote the international development of the recycling aluminum industry. 4. China’s renewable aluminum industry development safeguard measures to do a good job in the relevant safeguard measures, the development of renewable aluminum industry in the medium and long-term green development plan, as soon as possible to revise the “Resources comprehensive utilization of products and services value-added tax preferential list.”. In the aspect of raw material guarantee, the guarantee degree of high quality recycled aluminum raw material should be improved. In terms of standards protection, we will encourage the formulation and revision of relevant standards for the recycling aluminum industry. In the aspect of technology guarantee, we should increase the input of scientific and technological research and development, and establish an evaluation mechanism for the security of industrial resources and the development situation. Under the background of double-carbon, it is more necessary and more conditional to realize the higher quality, more efficient and more sustainable development in the 14th five-year plan than any other period in history. To achieve the goal of “Carbon Peak, carbon emission reduction”at the same time, to support the completion of the aluminum industry by the great historical transformation. 

Source: Non-ferrous metal