The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has recently adopted a position on use of degradable additives in plastic packaging. The institute has recently passed a series of changes to its policy positions, as well as a new policy ...
The China Association of Metalscrap Utilization has been lobbying the central government to lower the 17% tax on steel scrap sales to help increase its utilization in steelmaking, CAMU Secretary General Li Shubin said at the 7th China ...
Tags: Steel Scrap, Metal, Mineral
Metals are utilized to manufacture a range of commodities. It is highly valuable for its versatile use. So, it is very important to conserve this precious resource of earth as much as possible to maintain sustainable development of ...
The European Ferrous Recovery and Recycling Association (EFR) has published the findings of a study evaluating the impact of the measures recommended by the European Commission's Steel Action Plan on the recycling industry. EFR is ...
Tags: Steel Action, Mineral
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that the billet caster supplied to Armenia-based ASCE Group OJSC commenced operations at the Charentsavan works in August. The two-strand caster is designed for annual ...
Tags: Steel Mill, Billet Caster
Novelis Inc. completed its US$200 million expansion to its aluminum manufacturing plant in Oswego this week. The expansion added 240,000 tons of capacity to produce aluminum auto sheet for Novelis and added more than 100 jobs at the ...
On October 21, the first electronic trading center for renewable resources (mainly steel scrap) in the southwest of China officially began trading in Chongqing, as announced by local media sources. The total value of trading activity on the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, renewable resources, steel scrap
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and InnoCentive have announced the winners of the second CRT Challenge. The goal of the CRT Challenge is to develop compelling economic and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) recently announced the release of a policy on bans and fees for recyclable paper and plastic bags approved during its July Board Meeting. The policy is in response to increased efforts ...
Tags: Recycling Industries
Recycling has become an important trend worldwide primarily because of two key reasons - (1) to reduce cost and (2) to prevent pollution and save the environment in the long run. Recycling has been popular for yet another reason to stop the ...
Going green campaign is gaining momentum worldwide and so is the objective of many companies to recycle used products. From paper to various metals, companies are seen paying increased attention to recycling secondary items. The process of ...
The Consumer Electronics Association and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. today announced a technical “CRT Challenge” to identify financially viable, environmentally-conscious proposals for using recycled cathode ...
Tags: Electronics Industry, Old CRT Glass, Consumer Electronics
IDG News Service - An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television sets, with a US$10,000 prize for the best proposal. The Consumer ...
Tags: CRT Glass, Trade Groups, Decoration
Recently, Baosteel Co.,Ltd. and China Shipbuilding Industry Package Logistics Co., Ltd. sign scrap supply long-term agreement, creating precedent for Baosteel and waste production companies' establishment of scrap direct supply mode. This ...
Tags: Baosteel, steel, steel industry
Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that Severstal-Vtorchermet, the scrap-processing company which is a part of Severstal's Russian Steel division, will install a press-shears at its Saint-Petersburg regional branch in 2013. The new ...
Tags: steelmaker Severstal, steelmaker, steel