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Pakistan shipbreaking in stormy waters |
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August 13, 2008.
The deteriorating law-and-order situation in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has adversely affected shipbreaking activity at Gadani where, over the last three months, the number of ships bought for scrapping has plummeted to four. By comparison, shipbreakers at Gadani scrapped some 44 vessels last year weighing a total of 188 242 ldt (light displacement tonnes). ... more
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Two new BIR books |
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August 12, 2008.
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, the BIR world recycling body has published two brand new books which were officially unveiled at the organisation’s recent Spring Convention in Monte-Carlo. ... more
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Recycling route for circuit board non-metallics |
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August 11, 2008.
Scientists at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a technique that converts non-metallic materials from printed circuit boards into a variety of high-strength materials. ... more
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China recycling market set to boom |
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August 07, 2008.
Having processed 142.3 million tonnes of material last year, China’s recycling industry is expected to increase this volume to 158.6 million tonnes in 2008 and to 244.8 million tonnes in 2013 - equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1%. This is one of the major findings of a report entitled ‘Recycling Markets in China’ from US-based BCC Research. ... more
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Call to tighten America’s e-waste laws |
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August 07, 2008.
A Congress resolution has been introduced which calls on the USA to ban the export of environmentally-damaging electronic waste to developing countries. If successful, Resolution 1395 would bring the USA into line with those countries to have ratified the Basel Convention covering international shipments of toxic waste. The USA has signed the Convention but has not ratified it. ... more
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Greenpeace: E-waste poisoning environment in Ghana |
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August 06, 2008.
Ghana | Electronic waste from European, US and Japanese manufacturers is contaminating the environment around the sites where it is dumped for recycling and disposal in Ghana, Greenpeace claims. ... more
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DJJ acquires two US operations |
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August 05, 2008.
North America’s largest steelmaking and ferrous recycling specialist Nucor Corporation has confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ), will acquire the assets of Secondary Resources Inc.’s American Compressed Steel (ACS) operations. Furthermore, DJJ has completed the acquisition of most of the assets of Texas-based Victoria Recycling. ... more
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Schweitzer brothers to lead Interseroh |
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August 05, 2008.
The supervisory board of German recycling company Interseroh has named Axel Schweitzer as Chairman of the executive board in succession to Johannes-Jürgen Albus, while his brother Eric Schweitzer becomes the new Chairman of the supervisory board. ... more
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French recycling industry in good health |
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August 04, 2008.
Last year in France, production of recycled commodities jumped 13% while turnover across the nation’s recycling chain climbed 10% to Euro 10.8 billion (US$ 17 billion). This compares to a turnover of Euro 5.7 billion (US$ 9 billion) as recently as the year 2000. ... more
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Increase in Europe’s PET collections |
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August 04, 2008.
Europe’s post-sorting PET collection volumes jumped around 20% to 1.13 million tonnes last year - equivalent to around two-fifths of all PET bottles on the market, according to latest statistics from Brussels-based trade association Petcore. ... more
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Scrap handling package from Gensco |
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July 28, 2008.
Gensco has introduced the H-MAG scrap handling package which includes a magnet with integrated power pack. ... more
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Sea container loading system from BEST |
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July 30, 2008.
Metso Minerals’ recently-acquired manufacturing company BEST has introduced a sea container loading system which is said to eliminate port bottlenecks resulting from traditional break-bulk loading methods. According to the company, this swift, efficient and safe system lends itself to the loading of shipping containers for export of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals. ... more
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Alcoa eyes Chinese aluminium smelter |
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July 30, 2008.
US aluminium giant Alcoa Inc. is engaged in negotiations to buy its first smelter in China. Talks regarding the purchase of Ming Zhu Aluminium ‘have entered into detail’, an executive of the Panzhihua operation in Sichuan province told the Reuters news agency. Senior executives from Alcoa are understood to have visited the plant during early August.
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Interpipe takes major stake in scrap plant |
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July 28, 2008.
Steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe of Dnepropetrovsk in the Ukraine has acquired 95.95% of the shares of Dneprovtormet, one of the country’s largest scrap metal processing facilities. ... more
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Citigroup invests in MBA Polymers |
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July 29, 2008.
High-performance plastic resin manufacturer MBA Polymers has secured US$ 40 million in funding from investment bank Citigroup and existing investors. The money will fund further expansion for a company which already operates subsidiaries in the USA, the UK, Austria and China. ... more
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UNTHA appoints North America distributor |
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July 29, 2008.
US recycler and recycling machinery distributor Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc (ARCA) has become the exclusive North American distributor for Untha Recycling Technology (URT) of Austria - one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of refrigerator recycling systems and waste disposal recycling facilities for electrical household appliances and electronic scrap. ... more
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Tyre recycling using microbiology |
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July 24, 2008.
On behalf of the UK Waste & Resource Action Programme (WRAP), technology transfer and commercialisation group Imperial Innovations is to provide incubation and support services to Scottish tyre recycling company Recyclatech. ... more
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Beijing’s Olympic recycling campaign |
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July 24, 2008.
The Chinese capital Beijing kicked off a collection and recycling project at all Olympic venues some two weeks before the opening of the latest summer Games. ... more
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No plastic bags in Los Angeles stores |
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July 23, 2008.
Los Angeles City Council in the USA has unanimously voted to ban plastic shopping bags from stores from the beginning of July 2010, at which point shoppers will have the choice of bringing their own bags or paying 25 cents for a paper or biodegradable alternative. ... more
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AK Steel to invest in US plant |
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July 23, 2008.
AK Steel Corp., a specialist manufacturer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, is planning to invest a further US$ 21 million (Euro 13.3 million) in its Butler plant. The additional money will be ploughed into expanding production capabilities for the high-value-added, grain-oriented electrical steels that are enjoying strong global demand for use in the manufacture of energy-efficient power generation and distribution transformers. The new project will be completed late next year and will help improve the Ohio-based steelmaker’s product mix flexibility. ... more
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Eriez and Toratec announce partnership |
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July 22, 2008.
US magnetics specialist Eriez and sorting technology manufacturer Toratec of Spain have announced an alliance to develop combined recycling systems. ... more
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Jump in US alu-can recycling |
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July 22, 2008.
In 2007, the US public and the aluminium industry combined to recycle nearly 54 billion aluminium cans, nearly two billion more than in 2006. This equates to a recycling rate of 53.8% - some 2.2 percentage points higher than that achieved in 2006, according to the Aluminum Association, the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI). ... more
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BIR Paper World Mirror June |
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July 21, 2008.
The following article is based on the latest Paper World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members.
Rampant increases in the bunker adjustment factor (BAF) have brought more misery for those companies looking to export recovered paper to Asia. Fluctuating currency adjustment factor (CAF) levels and a volatile US dollar have also complicated the sales and pricing picture.
Early signs of recession in Europe have led to a decrease in imports from Asia and, in turn, to a slight reduction in container availability at some European ports. At the same time, all eyes are turned to China to see what levels of demand for recovered fibre will emerge after the Olympic Games in Beijing. The Asian giant imported 5.918 million tonnes of recovered fibre in the first quarter of 2008; if this purchasing pattern were to be replicated throughout the rest of the year, the country’s imports would grow 6.4% to around 24 million tonnes compared to 22.56 million tonnes in 2007. ... more
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BIR Non Ferrous World Mirror June |
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July 17, 2008.
The following article is based on the latest Non-Ferrous World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members.
The imminent Olympic Games in Beijing are having far-reaching repercussions: smelters in northern China have been ordered to shut for three months while tighter security measures surrounding imports and exports have been imposed at some ports. In some cases, the scrap import inspection rate is at almost 100%. According to Chinese customs statistics, copper concentrate imports fell 19% in May when compared to the same month last year while aluminium ingot exports slumped 72% over the same two periods. ... more
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Siemens to supply minimill to Ukraine |
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July 21, 2008.
Scrap metal trader Euro Finance Ltd. has ordered a ‘three-digit million-euro’ worth minimill from Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, for a new production facility in Byelaya Tserkov near Kiev.
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