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The Gulf Region / 21
The Middle East – or rather, the Gulf
region – is rapidly developing into a
major new recycling hub and is expect-
ed to strengthen this position even fur-
ther over the coming years. Boosted by
upcoming mega events such as the 2022
football World Cup in Qatar, sustaina-
bility is high on the agenda of govern-
ments as well as the recycling industries,
traders and machinery/technology sup-
pliers. Recycling International takes you
on a journey around some of the pioneer-
ing projects and companies across the
Arabian peninsula.
Sections
3 Viewpoint
6 News
87 Events calendar
90 Next issue
Markets
74 Ferrous
78 Nickel & stainless
80 Non-ferrous
84 Paper & textiles
Gulf Region Special
22 Overview of business trends
31 Focus on Saudi Arabia
32 Tyre recycling in the desert
34 Mir Metals
ISRI Spotlights
52 Trade show
57 Tyres
59 Nickel & stainless
61 Copper
63 Aluminium
65 Plastics
66 Electronics
And also…
44 Paper
bvse paper recycling update
68 Automotive
Europe’s ELV Directive praised
and scrutinised
73 In the Laboratory
Joining the coffee circle
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Tyre recycling companies in Europe are running out of tyres,
delegates at the recent European Conference on Tyre Recy-
cling were told. Interestingly enough, new statistics suggest
that the post-consumer tyres market in Europe could be
substantially larger than previously thought.
Economic growth in the Middle East has provided a major
boost for scrap recycling and trading giant Sharif Metals.
Yet growing prosperity could be seen as one of the big-
gest threats to the company given that its Sharjah head-
quarters are slowly but surely being eaten up by increas-
ing urbanisation.
Unsurprisingly, continued market pessimism dominated
the US Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ 2015 Con-
vention & Expo, held in the Canadian city of Vancouver
in late April. But on a positive note, there was clearly
growing faith in better times ahead.
Real growth in the Gulf Coast region will be affected by
changes in oil production and government spending, with
budgets to be infl uenced by lower oil prices and export
volumes, according to Timothy Fox of Emirates National
Bank of Dubai.
The enigma that is
Europe’s tyre market
Swallowed up by the
big city
ISRI’s Vancouver
gathering
A tale of oil and
opportunity
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