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Infra-red camera reduces equipment downtime |
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March 01, 2005.
Shreddervision, a division of Schnitzer Steel Industries, has introduced an infra-red camera for use in industrial environments in which steam, smoke, fog or lack of light can obscure the view of equipment operators. ... more
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New automation system from Thermo |
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March 01, 2005.
Thermo Electron Corporation’s new ARL SMS-3000 automation system is designed to run simultaneously with both its X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and optical emission spectrometers (OES).
The system is a high-end, affordable alternative to single spectrometer automation solutions. ... more
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Debut for the world’s largest mobile shear |
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March 01, 2005.
Genesis Attachments’ latest addition to its XP Series of mobile shears is laying claim to the title of the world’s largest mobile shear.
Currently employed in a US East Coast shipbreaking operation, the GXP 2500R provides more than 3000 short tons of cutting force at 5000 psi. ... more
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Seda’s Airbag Master |
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September 24, 2007.
SEDA-Environmental of Kössen in Austria - Europe’s leading manufacturer of depollution and recycling equipment for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) - has developed the Airbag Master for easy removal or deactivation of air bags by car dismantlers. ... more
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Newalta buys Canada's largest lead recycling facility |
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September 20, 2007.
Canada | Industrial waste management group Newalta has signed an agreement to buy Canada's largest lead recycling facility from Quebec-based Nova Pb Inc. for US$55 (Euro 39) million in cash and stock. ... more
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Investment in Chinese plastics recycling venture |
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April 01, 2005.
As the administrator of the Environmental Opportunities Facility, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested US$ 1.2 million of equity in US company MBA Polymers to develop and operate a joint venture plastics recycling facility in Guangzhou, China. ... more
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UN supports ‘Green Lead’ project |
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April 01, 2005.
The Steering Committee of the ‘Green Lead’ project, a lead industry product stewardship initiative, has received financial support from the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) for its development workshop in London on April 27-28.
An inter-governmental financial institution established by the United Nations, CFC’s main objective is to assist developing nations which are dependent on the production and export of primary commodities. The main target groups are commodity producers in least-developed countries and the poorer strata of population in other developing countries. ... more
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Kobe to supply plant to Qatar Steel |
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April 01, 2005.
Kobe Steel Ltd of Japan has been awarded a contract to supply Qatar Steel Co. with a Midrex Direct Reduction Plant boasting an annual capacity of 1.5 million tonnes. The US$ 267.4 million project should be completed within 30 months and Kobe Steel will be responsible for design, equipment supply and construction of the facility. ... more
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Business News April 2005 |
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April 01, 2005.
*MaTech
Due to regulatory changes in Romania calling for metal recyclers to sort their scrap, 16 companies have acquired the MiniSort metals analyser from Dutch company MaTech. This completely independent, 2.5 kg hand-held spectrometer boasts state-of-the-art electronics and produces a result in 6 seconds. Energrom, official MiniSort distributor in the Romanian capital Bucharest, looked at many different systems but selected MiniSort on value-for-money grounds, according to the manufacturer.
www.matech.nl
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People April 2005 |
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April 01, 2005.
* VDM
[platte tekst]Hans Münster, Managing Director and Chairman of VDM, the German Association of Metal Traders, celebrated 30 years with the organisation on April 1. Starting at VDM in 1975, he has been Managing Director for the last 28 years. Mr Münster is also a board member of the European metals recycling association Eurometrec and for many years has been a board member of the Non-Ferrous Metal Division of world recycling organisation BIR.
www.metallhandel-online.com
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Sold! April 2005 |
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April 01, 2005.
* Harris Waste Management
Harris Waste Management Group Inc. of Peachtree City, Georgia, USA, has sold an HS 80115 shredding plant to Tri-State Iron & Metal Co. of Texarkana, Arkansas. The system is expected to be delivered in June this year. Meanwhile, Blaze Recycling & Metals Inc. of Norcross, Georgia, has started up the Harris HS 98115 shredder at its new site in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The unit will be used primarily to process scrap vehicles.
www.harriswaste.com
* Bulk Handling Systems
Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) of Eugene, Oregon, USA, has supplied a turnkey processing system designed to handle 30 tonnes per hour of municipal solid waste to Tuscumbia, Alabama. Several screens are incorporated into the system, including a FiberSorter developed for the mechanical recovery of fibre and paper from the material stream. The equipment lay-out is highly flexible to allow construction/demolition processing.
BHS has supplied processing systems to more than twenty countries around t ... more
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Sims opens deep-sea export terminal in the UK |
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April 01, 2005.
Australian scrap giant Sims Group has opened a new deep-sea dock facility in the UK to handle exports to Asia, Spain and Turkey. The new facility, at the Queen Elizabeth Docks in Hull, can load vessels with capacities of up to 30 000 tonnes. ... more
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Over five million steel cans recycled in 2003 |
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April 01, 2005.
The International Iron and Steel Institute’s (IISI) Committee on Packaging (PACKCO) has calculated that an estimated 5.2 million tonnes of steel cans were recycled worldwide in 2003. This represents a weighted recycling rate for steel packaging of 62.7%; the recycling rate for 2003 is two percentage points higher than in 2002, and 5.2 percentage points above that of 2001. ... more
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Tougher standards for Chinese ore importers |
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April 01, 2005.
The majority of China’s 523 iron ore importers will be frozen out of the world market by new qualification limits, according to an article in ‘China Daily’. The measures are also being seen as confirmation to the scrap trade of AQSIQ’s commitment to tighter regulatory control and as a further move towards consolidation of leading Chinese industries into publicly-owned conglomerates. ... more
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EU studies walk an environment and market tightrope |
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April 01, 2005.
EU government representatives have been presented with draft results of two major studies on the implementation of the bloc’s Directive on Packaging Waste. ... more
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EU urged to rethink the waste hierarchy |
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April 01, 2005.
A group of economists brought together by Denmark’s Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) has called on the EU to rethink its application of the waste hierarchy. The bloc places too much emphasis on recycling and recycling targets, the institute argued following a seminar at its Copenhagen offices. ... more
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UN agencies compare notes on ship scrapping |
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April 01, 2005.
Three UN agencies have kicked off a programme designed to align their goals and work programmes with regard to the management of ship scrapping. ... more
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Packaging standards win official EU backing |
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April 01, 2005.
The EU has formally endorsed a series of technical standards for packaging materials developed by European standardisation body CEN. ... more
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Rapid scrap turn-round at S. Norton |
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April 01, 2005.
Metal recycling company S. Norton & Co of Liverpool, UK, has demonstrated its handling prowess by taking only a little over 24 hours to load nearly 35 000 tonnes of fragmentised steel on board a vessel bound for India. ... more
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Chernobyl metal sold for scrap |
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April 01, 2005.
Pieces of metal from the Chernobyl nuclear power station in northern Ukraine - scene of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster in 1986 - are to be sold for scrap, according to an article in ‘The Australian’. ... more
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IISI aims to increase steel use in construction |
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April 01, 2005.
The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) and 11 of its member companies have agreed on a programme designed to increase the use of steel in construction applications by up to 10% over the next five years. ... more
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New Niton analyser for trace elements in alloys |
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April 01, 2005.
Niton is claiming a breakthrough in trace element analysis in alloys with its XLt 800 SY alloy analyser, which features improved targeted X-ray tube excitation. ... more
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Single instrument combines XRF and XRD technologies |
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April 01, 2005.
Thermo Electron Corporation has introduced the ARL 9900, an analytical system harnessing both X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) technologies. The new device has been developed to meet increasing demand within the metals industry for high precision and reliability of chemical analysis. ... more
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Bollegraaf’s Drumfeeder optimises sorting systems |
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April 01, 2005.
Bollegraaf Recycling Machinery of The Netherlands has developed a new product to optimise new or existing recovered paper sorting systems. By using the Drumfeeder, which consists of a storage bunker with a belt feeder and drum, it is possible to feed sorting systems, balers and shredders at a constant flow and thereby to help maximise output material quality, explains the Dutch manufacturer. ... more
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Business News May 2005 |
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May 01, 2005.
* Cofermin Rohstoffe
German company Cofermin Rohstoffe has announced that Hafsil, Europe’s largest producer of ferrosilicon powders for DMS, is back in production. Hafsil companies include Hafsil AS of Sarpsborg in Norway and Mineralmühle Leun of Leun, Germany.
General sales are carried out by Cofermin Rohstoffe GmbH, which is based in Essen, Germany. Phone: +49 201 4387-810, Fax: +49 201 4387-888, E-mail: krueger@cofermin.de.
* Terex Pesgson
Crushing plant and equipment manufacturer TEREX Pegson of Coalville, UK, has been awarded another Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category, thereby repeating its success of 2002. TEREX Pegson’s comprehensive range of crushing plant is predominantly used in quarrying, mining, aggregate extraction, construction and demolition, recycling and reclamation. The company has increased its already-substantial overseas earnings by some 85% over the past three years. TEREX Pegson sells to some 43 countries, notably through ... more
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