Posts from Robin Latchem

22-01-2021

Eurofer supports EU stance on Indonesian nickel exports

A European Union call for an investigation into restrictions imposed by Indonesia on the export of raw materials necessary for…

15-01-2021

Exporters have been warned that new regulations and standards over scrap imported into China continue to make the situation both…

13-01-2021

Business Plastics

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has set out a strategy to minimise the export of plastic scrap from the UK…

11-01-2021

Business Plastics

A new scheme to tackle hard-to-recycle medicine blister packs has been introduced in the UK. The Medicine Packet Recycling Programme…

08-01-2021

ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel have signed a joint-venture agreement for an electric-arc furnace (EAF) at their existing shared facility in…

05-01-2021

Business

Neste, the Finnish specialist in renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has acquired a minority stake in Alterra Energy, a…

25-12-2020

Paper

The claimed ‘recyclability’ of the beverage carton in the EU is challenged in a report from the Brussels NGO Zero…

21-12-2020

The continuing strength of copper in the metal markets, with knock-on benefits for the scrap sector, is expected to be…

17-12-2020

The latest US trade data shows that overall scrap exports from the country during 2020 are down 10% year-on-year compared…

16-12-2020

Business Plastics

An attempt to harmonise and accelerate the Europe-wide development of a circular economy for plastics is the goal of a…

08-12-2020

Business Plastics

Recent data suggests that changes in lifestyle brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, including working from home, home schooling, less…