Showing results for: non-ferrous scrap Articles
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The history and art of trading scrap with China
China’s economic growth has created a huge demand for non-ferrous metals which domestic resources cannot fully satisfy. As a result, opportunities have opened up over the last decade or so for overseas suppliers of a range of non-ferrous scrap. However, exporting such materials to China can be a complex affair. This article is based on a speech given by Joe Zhou of experienced Chinese importer ...
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Recyclers help to cut huge container imbalance
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is housed in an office building with probably the most stunning view over Rotterdam. From the top floor, visitors have a breathtaking view on the many barges which are travelling along the busy river, the Erasmus bridge and the skyline of Europe’s main port. Speaking about the importance of ports and harbours to the recycling industry, Victor Schoenmakers, at the ...
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Shipbreaking thrives again in Belgium
Shipbreaking began in the Netherlands at the end of the 19th century; in Belgium, meanwhile, the industry took root in 1926 when Henry Van Heyghen started his scrap business in Ghent. After World War II, just as at the end of World War I, there was a great demand for shipbreaking: hundreds of damaged wartime vessels required processing, as well as commercial sea-going and inland navigation ...
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Recycling end of life vehicles with COBRA KR
We often talk about scrap in its broad sense. It’s that precious ferrous and non-ferrous scrap that recycling companies collect and transform into secondary raw materials. It is an increasingly vital cycle for the survival of the planet and the sustainability of our economic growth. But those who deal with scrap often also collect and recover also end-of-life vehicles: cars, commercial ...
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Pioneers within WEEE recycling
In a scrap yard in Switzerland right in the middle of the beautiful Alps you can find one of Eldan Recycling’s most cherished and faithful customers – Cablofer Recycling SA. Cablofer was actually one of the first companies within the WEEE-recycling industry. Cablofer Recycling SA is a scrap metal processor dealing with ferrous and non-ferrous scrap on a 40'000 m2 plot in Switzerland. ...
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Industrial Metal Shredder for Sale
AIShred offers a variety of low-speed, high-torque shredders for volume reduction and recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal materials. From industrial operations and scrap yards to state-of-theart electronics recycling facilities, AIShred shredders can be found processing all types of metals around the world. Our low-speed, high-torque technologies provide efficient solutions for metal ...
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Non-Ferrous Recycling
Ferrous Metal vs. Non-Ferrous Metal Scrap metal is divided into two types: ferrous and nonferrous. Ferrous scrap metal consists of scrap iron and steel. This includes scrap from old cars, household appliances, steel beams, railroad tracks, ships, food packaging and other containers. Ferrous scrap metal accounts for the largest volume of metal scrapped ...
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New ISRI scrap specifications
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) says it has updated the 2007 Scrap Specifications Circular with revisions to three non-ferrous specifications and the addition of a new specification. The new specifications has become effective on November 19th 2007. The ISRI’s Board of Directors approved recommendations from the Non-Ferrous Division to revise following specifications during ...
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India: Continuing to Defy Description and Comparison
A visit to a number of Indian scrap metal processors reveals a reality very much at odds with the enthusiasm for the country’s development expressed at recent scrap conventions and by the international business media. Unlike in China, India’s scrap industry is decades old, and so are the methods it employs. The small scale of India’s scrap operations is seen not just as a matter of government ...
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New jobs set to strengthen recycling enterprise
Leeds-based U Can Recycling is set to double its workforce in the coming year as demand for its specialist services grows. The not-for-profit social enterprise plans to expand its presence in the regeneration area of Harehills and employ another 10 staff in 2013. A dedicated computer and IT waste recycling centre in Leeds, U Can is also set to quadruple its turnover from the previous year. Part ...
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Pioneers within WEEE recycling - Case Study
Recycling areas: Electronic Waste (WEEE) Company name: Cablofer Recycling SA Located: Bex, canton of Vaud, Switzerland Founded: 1972 Employees: 47 Cablofer Recycling SA is active within non-ferrous and ferrous metals, scraps (scrap shear 800 tons) all over Switzerland, and in western France. The factory (in Bex) is implanted since 1972 on a site of about 40 000 m2 well ...
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Worthless waste into valuable copper - Case Study
Recycling areas: Cable Company name: Gulf Star Metals LLC Located: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Founded: 2002 Employees: 75 Gulf Star Metals LLC a United Arab Emirates based company. In 2002 they entered into the non-ferrous metals scrap business. For decades they had been active within base metal trading and other commodities. Gulf Star Metals LLC is a part of Emirates Trading ...
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Secondary materials transfer from Japan to China: destination analysis
China has been the largest importer of secondary materials for recycling from Japan during the past decade. In this study, we analyzed the transfer of major secondary materials (plastic, steel, copper, and aluminum scrap) from Japan to China. We identified specific destinations for secondary materials, and the characteristics of secondary materials transferred to China. The major destination for ...
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Why choose when you can have it all? - Case Study
Recycling areas: AluminiumCableElectronic Waste (WEEE)Tyre Company name: Remat Bucuresti Sud S.A. Located: Bucharest, Romania Founded: 2003 Employees: 180 REMAT Bucuresti Sud S.A is a part of REMATHOLDING CO. SRL group. REMATHOLDING was founded in 2003 as a recycler of metallic and non-metallic scrap. Today they have the most compact and extended waste collecting network in the South and ...
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Harris and its machines stand the test of time
US-based Harris has a broad remit: the design, manufacture and support of processing equipment aimed at a broad spectrum of users, including handlers of ferrous/non-ferrous metals, recovered paper and plastics scrap. It’s a formula that has generated more than 6000 recycling machinery sales across over 40 ...
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Wide Range Recycling Focus - Case Study
Recycling areas: Electronic Waste (WEEE)Tyre Company name: Zakład Przerobu Złomu “Złomex” S.A. Located: Kraków and Warsaw, Poland Founded: 1992 Employees: 6 Złomex purchase and process steel scrap, and some nonferrous scrap. Since 2011 they are also active within tyre recycling (with possibilities to also recycle cable and WEEE). The aim is to ...
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ELDAN RECYCLING AND PICVISA JOIN FORCES TO REDEFINE RECYCLING
ELDAN RECYCLING AND PICVISA JOIN FORCES TO REDEFINE RECYCLING by Picvisa | Feb 6, 2024 | About us, Circular economy, Waste recycling Just when we thought it was all over in the world of recycling, two of the industry’s leading companies decide to join forces in an unprecedented collaboration. The reason? To take the recycling industry a step further, transforming the way we currently handle ...
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Knowing Your Equipment is Key - Case Study
Recycling areas: AluminiumCableElectronic Waste (WEEE) Company name: Universal Recycling Company Located: Lancashire and Yorkshire, United Kingdom Founded: 1945 Employees: 150 Universal Recycling Company trade ferrous (steel) and non-ferrous (copper, aluminium, lead, nickel, brass, bronze, stainless steel and catalytic converters) metals including recycling of aluminium (including ...
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