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Saudi/Indian lead recycling venture
Gravita India has entered into a joint
venture agreement with the Best Group
of Saudi Arabia to create a US$ 6 million
lead recycling operation with an annual
capacity of 7200 tonnes. ‘The two com-
panies will be 50%-50% partners,’
clarifi es Gravita’s President MC Mehta.
The Best Gravita Saudi Ltd facility will
produce lead and lead products in Saudi
Arabia, including fi ne lead, with battery
scrap as the main raw material. Mr
Mehta comments: ‘Since Saudi Arabia
has many automobiles with good avail-
ability of raw materials, we expect the
plant to do well.’
Gravita already has a number of lead
smelting facilities in operation, with two
in Asia, six in Africa, and one in Honduras.
Earlier this year, the stock-listed company
acquired two facilities in India, namely
Metal Inc. of Kathua in Kashmir and K M
Udyog in Jammu state. In addition to
recycling, the group is also engaged in
the global trading of lead scrap, ore, con-
centrates, battery scrap and allied lead
products. www.gravitaexim.com
The University of Nizhny Novgorod
has signed an agreement with the Dutch
car registration body RDW and other
Dutch organisations with the aim of
helping the Russian automotive industry
to set up a recycling system and integrate
it into the production chain. Nizhny
Novgorod, 500 km east of Moscow, is
Russia’s largest vehicle producing region.
The respective organisations recognise the
lack of strategy and know-how in Russia
concerning the reuse of materials from
discarded vehicles. Better use of second-
ary resources is one of the requirements
Russian-built cars must demonstrate
before they can enter the EU road system.
Through the new collaborative effort,
RDW is offering Russian carmakers help
with the entire process from testing to
acceptance. Other Dutch organisations
including ARN, Nedschroef and Hermion
aim to share their knowledge on recy-
cling solutions, which has seen reuse of
materials from end-of-life vehicles grow
to 95% in the Netherlands, to help set
Russia on the right track.
An exchange of information between
the Dutch organisations and the univer-
sity could also improve conditions on
Russian roads. Loopholes in car and
owner registrations have impaired the
country’s ability to organise an effective
recycling chain, especially where dam-
aged vehicles are left by the roadside
following accidents. www.arn.nl
New initiative to tackle
Russian ELV recycling issues
Car shredding at Vtormet in Moscow.
* ProAmbi
North American e-waste recycling conglomerate GEEP has signed a partnership
agreement with fellow processor ProAmbi covering the Mexican market. Pro-
Ambi GEEP Mexico is located in Mexico City, with ProAmbi planning nationwide
expansion over the next two years. ProAmbi has been established in Mexico City
since 2008; GEEP has 14 locations throughout Canada, the USA, Mexico, Cen-
tral America and Europe. www.proambi.com
* Sims Metal Management
According to the world’s largest listed metals recycling company Sims Metal
Management (SMM), its New England subsidiary in the USA has acquired the
assets of Promet Marine Services Corporation. The deal includes the deep-sea
export facility located in the eastern USA on the Providence River comprising more
than nine acres of land, a rail-serviced 600-foot pier and two deep-water berths.
As part of a broader strategic initiative, this acquisition will serve as the company’s
main export terminal for the New England region. www.simsmm.com
* BT-Wolfgang Binder
Owing to rising market volumes and contract numbers in the UK, Austrian
recycling technology specialist BT-Wolfgang Binder has opened a new offi ce in
Warwickshire, central England. The new premises follow the supply and instal-
lation of a BT-Wolfgang Binder co-mingled waste separation plant at Grundon
Waste Management, one of the largest privately-owned waste management
companies in the UK. Entailing an investment of £7 million (US$ 11 million), the
new plant at Slough in the south of England has the capacity to sort over
150 000 tonnes of materials per year for subsequent recycling.
www.btw-binder.com
* Interseroh
German recycling company Interseroh has sold its recyclables trading divisions
to its Berlin-based parent company, Alba Group. Interseroh said the move would
allow both companies, which already cooperate, to combine their raw materials
trading operations more effectively. The trading division will operate under the
management of Martin Becker Rethmann in the materials management segment
of the Alba Group. www.interseroh.com
* Al-Hodaifi
Industrial conglomerate Al-Hodaifi of Qatar has diversifi ed its operations with the
addition of a tyre recycling business. The company has opened a plant at Umm
Al Afai near the country’s capital of Doha which is capable of processing 1.6
million tyres a year, grinding them to produce different grades of rubber granules,
steel and nylon. The plant has been manufactured by Germany’s Amandus- Kahl
and can accept all types of used tyres. www.alhodaifi .com
* Data Ex 4000
Lottner Group, the Swiss division of French recycling fi rm Paprec, has taken over
the activities of Data Ex 4000 – a Zurich-based specialist in processing confi den-
tial documents. Dominique Maguin, International Director of Paprec and Gen-
eral Director of Lottner, comments: ‘Thanks to the takeover of Data Ex 4000,
Lottner Group will continue in this area of secure shredding and consolidate its
leadership in Switzerland.’ www.dataex4000.ch
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