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Sold! February 2006 |
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February 01, 2006.
* Wendt Corp.
Wendt Corporation of Tonawanda, New York, has custom designed and built a shredder to replace the 10-year old Newell 98x104 used by Metal Management of Memphis, Tennessee. Wendt was able to custom manufacture a 98x104 shredder that provides many of the new features found on the recently-introduced ‘Heavy’ line, including a drop-in front wall, deflector top and self-supported grates which are fully supported to the base plate. The new unit fits into the ‘footprint’ of the old shredder while also allowing Metal Management to reuse the disc rotor as well as many of the existing castings and liner plates.
* Columbus McKinnon
District solid waste management authorities in Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA, have purchased a CM stationary tyre shredding system from Columbus McKinnon Corp. of Sarasota, Florida, USA. The system will be installed at the district’s contractor Davis Rubber Co. of Little Rock, Arkansas, and will enable the company to convert steel-b ... more
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Business News February 2006 |
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February 01, 2006.
* ILZSG
The secretariat of the International Lead & Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) has moved from London to new headquarters in Lisbon. ILZSG’s Head of Forecasting and Statistics Paul White and its Head of Economics and Environment Ian Burrell are relocating to the Portuguese capital.
ILZSG’s new address is: Rua Almirante Barroso 38, 5th Floor 1000, 013 Lisbon, Portugal. E-mail addresses remain the same while new telephone and fax numbers were due to be issued once the office was up and running.
* Powerscreen International
Powerscreen International of Northern Ireland, a member of the international Terex Corporation, has been awarded the coveted title of Invest Northern Ireland’s ‘Exporter of the Year 2004’ by the Northern Ireland Economic Development Agency. The screening plant, washing and recycling equipment manufacturer saw its total turnover increase by around 24% between 2002 and 2004, with exports accounting for a healthy 68%. The company exports its mining, quar ... more
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European glass recycling sets new records |
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February 01, 2006.
The volume of glass collected for recycling in Western Europe grew by 2% or 183 000 tonnes in 2004 - even though container production declined by 1%. ... more
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Parliament calls for tighter controls on batteries |
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January 01, 2006.
The European Parliament’s environment committee wants stricter controls on batteries to be laid down in the forthcoming revision of the EU’s battery legislation. ... more
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Sims unveils new UK e-cycling facility |
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January 01, 2006.
Sims Group has opened a new e-waste recycling plant at Stalybridge in the UK which effectively doubles its capacity to around 25 000 tonnes per annum. ... more
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Metso Lindemann wins world PR award |
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January 01, 2006.
Metso Minerals Recycling and key Russian customer Hetek have clinched a Golden World Award from the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) for a scrap-related environmental campaign. ... more
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China plans to control steel production |
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January 01, 2006.
China will limit its annual steel production capacity to no more than 400 million tonnes during its eleventh five-year plan which comes into effect this year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has confirmed in a statement reported in the Shanghai Daily newspaper. ... more
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France to impose ‘eco-tax’ on textiles |
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January 01, 2006.
France is to impose a tax of around Euro 0.10 per kg on new textile products with effect from January 1 2007. ... more
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6th International Automobile Recycling Congress |
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January 01, 2006.
From 15-17 March, leading experts in the international car recycling field will converge to Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to discuss car manufacturers’ initiatives relating to end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling, as well as latest developments within the recycling industry. ... more
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International Battery Recycling Congress: call for papers |
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January 01, 2006.
The ICM-organised 11th International Congress for Battery Recycling (ICBR) will take place at Interlaken in Switzerland on June 28-30 this year. ... more
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Battery sorter shipped to Greece |
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January 01, 2006.
In 2005, the city council in the Greek capital Athens set up a battery recycling and sorting project known as Diasbat. ... more
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Sold! March 2006 |
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March 01, 2006.
* Metso Texas Shredder
Metso Minerals is to supply two shredders to leading US scrap processor Alter Trading Corp. The first is due to be installed by the end of April at Alter Trading’s new scrap recycling operation in Mobile, Alabama. The second is scheduled to be delivered to Alter’s facility in Iowa by the summer.
The Alabama delivery comprises a 5000 hp shredder and complete ferrous and non-ferrous downstream options; this shredder will process 27 000 tonnes of scrap metal per month. The Iowa contract comprises a 4000 hp shredder with ferrous downstream only; this shredder will process 7000-9000 tonnes of scrap per month.
The equipment will be delivered by Metso Texas Shredder, Inc., the leading supplier of metal shredder plants and related after-market services in North America.
* Wendt Corp.
PSC Metals is upgrading the equipment at its US shredding operations in Nashville, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio. At the latter facility, PSC has also brought on stream an al ... more
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Rexam Germany switches to aluminium cans |
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March 01, 2006.
UK-based global consumer packaging group Rexam, one of the world’s leading beverage can makers, has announced plans to switch the metal content of beverage cans manufactured at its plant in Berlin, Germany, from steel to aluminium - thanks mainly to improved economics and the light metal’s strong environmental track record. ... more
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Jefferson Smurfit and Kappa Packaging merger proposal |
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March 01, 2006.
Jefferson Smurfit Group and Kappa Packaging have announced a proposal to merge their operations, although the move is subject to a number of conditions including EU competition approval and consultation with relevant employee organisations. The merged company would have operations in 23 European and nine Latin American countries. Combined annual capacities would include 6.1 million tonnes of containerboard and 5.1 million tonnes of corrugated. ... more
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Baler CD features plant tours |
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March 01, 2006.
Ohio-based American Baler Co. - a renowned manufacturer of baling machines for paper, non-ferrous, plastics, tyres, white goods, etc - has released a new interactive CD. ... more
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Lindemann shears to be built in Texas |
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March 01, 2006.
Metso Texas Shredder Inc. of San Antonio, Texas, USA, is to begin manufacturing the Lindemann range of Eta-cut (EC) shears in North America. ... more
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Rough ride likely for battery proposals |
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March 01, 2006.
Early feedback suggests the EU Council of Ministers is unlikely to accept the European Parliament’s proposal to increase the battery recycling rate from 50% to 55% under the new battery directive. ... more
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Diesel from waste plastics |
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March 01, 2006.
Dutch environmental technology specialist EnvoSmart Technologies is planning to convert waste plastics into green diesel at plants throughout Europe, beginning at a site near Berlin in Germany. ... more
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RAL calls for minimum fridge recycling standards |
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March 01, 2006.
The Luxembourg-based RAL Quality Assurance Association for the Demanufacture of Refrigeration Equipment Containing CFCs has demanded a serious debate on minimum acceptable quality requirements for the recycling of obsolete refrigeration equipment. ... more
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Scotland achieves recycling target |
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March 01, 2006.
Local authorities in Scotland have managed to meet a ministerial target of recycling or composting a quarter of their household refuse. In the latest statistics to be published, the average composting/recycling rate among the country’s 32 councils improved to 25.1% in the three months to September 2005. ... more
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Mittal launches bid to capture Arcelor |
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March 01, 2006.
The steel industry firmament was rocked in January when the world’s largest steelmaker Mittal Steel submitted a takeover bid for Arcelor, its nearest rival in production terms. ... more
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Meltdown mob to scrap bronze treasures? |
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March 01, 2006.
Soaring copper prices may have been helping to convince British criminals to steal bronze statues, melt them down and sell them as scrap.
Over the last year, more than 20 bronze statues have been stolen in the UK with an estimated combined worth of more than Euro 20 million (US$ 24 million). ... more
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Business News April 2006 |
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April 01, 2006.
* Spectro
Ametek Inc. of Mahwah, New Jersey, USA, has announced the formation of a new Materials Analysis Division combining the recently-acquired Spectro Analytical Instruments Division and Edax, formerly a business unit of Ametek’s Process & Analytical Instruments Division. Alan Devenish, formerly Edax’s Business Unit Manager, has been appointed Vice President and General Manager of the new division, while Manfred Bergsch has been named Division Vice President and Spectro Business Unit Manager.
Ametek’s Materials Analysis Division is a global leader in applying analytical instrumentation to satisfy customers’ materials analysis needs. Its products and technologies include arc/spark and ICP optical emission spectrometers, energy dispersive and EBSD microanalysis systems, and X-ray fluorescence spectrometers for rapid, accurate analysis of solids, liquids and powders. The division provides analytical instrumentation for applications in the metals, environmental, R&D, petroch ... more
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Record steel output in 2005 |
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April 01, 2006.
World crude steel production increased almost 6% last year to a record 1.13 billion tonnes thanks mainly to significant growth in Asian output, according to the Belgium-based International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI). ... more
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Jean Pierre Lehoux |
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April 01, 2006.
The recycling world has lost one of its leading lights with the sudden death of Jean Pierre Lehoux. ... more
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