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Beverage makers are switching some products to PET bottles as aluminium can supplies tighten. Recykal Times’ internal price intelligence shows that bottle bale prices vary by state, while demand for new packaging does not automatically raise demand for recycled material.
Heavy melting scrap at Mandi Gobindgarh rose to ₹39,700 a tonne on 5 October 2026, up ₹1,300 from a week earlier, more than reversing the previous week's fall. Ship scrap at Alang, sponge iron, billets and rebar all moved up too. Power cuts at mills in Chhattisgarh and firm scrap markets abroad are behind the rise. Here is what the numbers show and what to do with them.
As Europe moves to restrict scrap exports and India tightens its own import checks, the debate is all about imports. But India's two biggest sources of home-grown scrap, the Alang shipbreaking yards and the new vehicle scrapping centres, are running far below what they were built for. A Recykal Times analysis of official figures shows that the unused capacity at home is several times larger than the European supply now at risk.
India's rPET market stays steady as scrap sellers hold stock for post-monsoon demand. High ocean freight costs continue to stall export sales.
A big company is investing in copper recycling in Gujarat. This could mean more demand for your copper scrap.
Freight repricing moved the delivered cost ranking of scrap origins. A tightened ingot specification moved which of those origins you can actually use.
Turnover-based eligibility thresholds are deciding these tenders before a single technical bid is opened.
Documentation and traceability requirements are becoming the real barrier to entry in lithium-ion recovery, not processing technology.
Tighter inspection at entry is changing which origins and grades clear efficiently, with knock-on effects on domestic premiums.