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Reflections from the BIR Non-Ferrous World Mirror |
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February 05, 2008.
The eyes of the non-ferrous metals market are currently directed towards the USA where talk of recessionary indicators is proving ever more difficult to avoid. The government has been attempting to stimulate the markets with tax cuts and incentives for businesses, but the repercussions of the sub-prime mortgage crisis are continuing to be felt.
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New tritium handling technology gets award |
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February 04, 2008.
Globally operating technology corporation General Electric (GE) and the UK University of Bath have received an award for developing technology to store, treat and recycle tritium waste - a radioactive chemical by-product of medical research and nuclear power generation. ... more
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World’s steel packaging recycling on the rise |
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February 04, 2008.
The steel can remains the world’s most recycled packaging material, according to data gathered by the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI). In 2006, 6.6 million tonnes of steel cans were recycled, across the 35 countries represented in the data collection. ... more
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Japan paper recycling scandal investigated |
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January 31, 2008.
The Fair Trade Commission of Japan has asked Nippon Paper Group Inc, the first papermaker to admit this month that it had falsified the ratio of used paper contained in recycled paper products, to explain the facts surrounding the practice, sources close to the case told Kyodo News. ... more
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Ukraine joins WTO, lowering scrap tax |
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January 24, 2008.
To bring its regulations in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) requirements, Ukraine’s government lowered the export duties on scrap metals, which is expected to take 6-8 years. According to media reports, over the six years the reduction of duties on certain ferrous scrap grades will go from Euro 25 to Euro 10 per tonne. ... more
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Estar Steel buys Ukraine's ISTIL |
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January 31, 2008.
Vadim Varshavsky, principle owner of Russia’s Estar steel group, teamed with London-based international trader Stemcor, will take over ISTIL, a Ukraine-based metallurgical holding founded by a Pakistani investor. ... more
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2006:Half of Europe's plastic recovered |
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January 30, 2008.
The EU's 25 member states plus Norway and Switzerland recovered half of all plastics waste in 2006, up three percentage points on the previous year, reports industry body PlasticsEurope in its latest annual report.
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New European glass recyclers' association |
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January 30, 2008.
The European glass recycling industry has now been organised and represented by a new organisation - FERVER (Fédération Européenne des Recycleurs de Verre). ... more
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MultiServ expands in Europe and Australia |
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January 30, 2008.
Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation says its industry-leading MultiServ mill services division has been awarded multi-year contracts in Australia, Italy and the UK that include close to US$15 million (Euro 11,6 million) in combined new revenues over their terms. ... more
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Top-speed Niton analysers |
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January 29, 2008.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the US manufacturer of hand-held X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers, has unveiled the Niton XL3 800 and XL3t 900 series which, it claims, provide the fastest alloy grade identification and laboratory-quality composition analysis ever achieved with a hand-held XRF analyser. ... more
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Switzerland environmental performer no. 1 |
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January 29, 2008.
A new international ranking of environmental performance puts the United States at the bottom of the Group of 8 industrialised nations and 39th among the 149 countries on the list. Switzerland tops the global list of countries, according to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced by a team of US environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University. ... more
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Magnus Hall appointed as Chairman of CEPI |
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January 29, 2008.
Magnus Hall, President and CEO of Swedish Holmen Paper Group, has been appointed chairman of CEPI, the Confederation of European Paper Industries. Through its members – trade associations in 17 European countries – CEPI represents around 800 small, medium sized and multinational paper and board manufacturing companies with a total of 1 200 mills. ... more
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Works starts on airliner dismantling facility |
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January 25, 2008.
Tarbes Advanced Recycling & Maintenance Aircraft (Tarmac) Aerosave has begun work on constructing its first aircraft dismantling facility at France's Tarbes-Ossun airport.
The work had originally been due to begin last September and the facility will now become operational in the "second half" of this year, versus the original mid-year start announced at last year's Paris air show. ... more
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Veolia embarks on ship recycling |
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January 28, 2008.
After taking over aviation recycler Bartin last November, French waste management company Veolia now also steps into ship recycling. The prefectural authorities of France’s Gironde province have decided to grant Veolia Environmental Services permission to operate a ship dismantling and materials recovery center in Bassens, at the Port of Bordeaux. ... more
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Major plastics recycling project starts in Ghana |
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January 28, 2008.
With support from the Dutch government, Cyclus Plastic Recycling in the Netherlands and Vanhold Constructions in Ghana, are instituting a joint venture to put up a plastic recycling factory at the town of Aburansa, close to Ghana’s major city Elmina in the KEEA (Komenda-Edina- Eguafo-Abrem) district.
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One51 acquires British recycling firms |
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January 28, 2008.
The One51 group of Ireland, continues its takeover strategy by acquiring two British recycling firms. It has bought Howarth Metals in Manchester and another called Howcan, which is an offshoot of Howarth Metals.
The group has been extending its links to the waste management and recycling businesses in a number of locations and One51 CEO Philip Lynch has made it clear that he will continue to expand in these key market segments.
It was reported by news paper Irish Examiner that the company is also on the verge of a big deal in the US. ... more
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Alcoa seeks 75% recycling goal for beverage cans |
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January 22, 2008.
US market leader in aluminium production Alcoa says it has established a goal to raise the industry’s used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in North America from its current 52% rate to 75% by 2015. ... more
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Metal One and ELG Haniel form stainless steel JV |
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January 23, 2008.
Metal One Corporation, Japan and ELG Haniel of Germany have established a stainless blend scrap processing joint venture in Sodegaura, Japan. The joint venture will supply materials for offshore stainless makers mainly in China and growing countries, according to sources. ELG Haniel controls 51% of the joint venture with 49% share by Metal One. It is the second stainless steel venture of both steel processors in a short time, last year ELG and Metal One formed Nippon Stainless Resources (NSR). ... more
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Study reveals potential of recycling for CO2 reduction |
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January 22, 2008.
New research shows that establishing EU-wide legally binding recycling targets for municipal solid waste could save up to 144 million tonnes of CO2 per year. A study conducted by German consultancy Ökopol calculates, for the first time, the CO2 emission reduction potential of establishing EU-wide legally binding recycling targets for municipal solid waste (MSW). ... more
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CMA acquires New Zealand business |
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December 22, 2007.
Australian recycler CMA says it has completed its acquisition of the business and assets of scrap metal recycling and trading company Cableco Metal Industries in Hamilton, New Zealand. ... more
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False paper recycling data in Japan |
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January 21, 2008.
Oji Paper Co., Japan's largest paper producer, says it falsified the amount of recycled materials used to produce printer and photocopier paper. Masatomo Nakamura, president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., Oji's next-biggest rival, said last week he will step down after the company disclosed it had been falsifying data on paper products since 1996. Oji's Shinoda says he will stay on as president.
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KMR buys Capricorn’s scrap operations |
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January 21, 2008.
Without pricing details given, Germany’s KMR group has acquired the total stainless steel scrap activities of Capricorn Stainless BV from the Netherlands. Through its subsidiary company KMR Stainless BV, the German group, headquartered in Mülheim on the Ruhr, buys Capricorn from its parent company Fondel Commodities BV and will become the third largest scrap dealer in the world, KMR states. ... more
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Xstrata Copper boosts e-scrap capacity |
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January 17, 2008.
Xstrata Copper, the world's largest recycler of copper and precious metals from electronic scrap, is going to double that capacity at its Horne smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada. ... more
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Nuga improves PET bottle granulation |
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January 15, 2008.
Nuga, the Swiss manufacturer of plastics granulators and accessories, has further developed its compact CentriCut 44slr range designed for demanding PET bottle applications. ... more
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US cell phone recycling takes off |
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January 14, 2008.
The United States' leading cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers have teamed up with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to answer America's call for easy cell phone recycling. As part of EPA's Plug-In to eCycling program, partners supporting the cell phone recycling campaign include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Staples, and T-Mobile.
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