Heraeus leads the way in recycling magnets
Production is underway at Europe’s largest recycling plant for rare earth magnets. The new plant at Bitterfeld near Leipzig belongs…
BIR’s ‘exceptional’ year of growth
The Bureau of International Recycling, meeting at its convention in Copenhagen, has reported a significant surplus after ‘a truly exceptional…
Construction kicks off ArcelorMittal decarbonisation programme
ArcelorMittal has begun work on an electric arc furnace (EAF) for long products at its Gijón plant in Spain. The...
‘Write your own chapter’, says race horse jockey and free diver Jim Lawless
Confronting uncertainty and risk is essential for leaders in the recycling industry to achieve ‘the next level’, BIR delegates in...
Another record gathering for BIR: ‘Geopolitics is moving east’
As delegates assemble in Copenhagen, Denmark for their latest convention, officials of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) are reporting...
Elections can change everything – and nothing
The upcoming general election in the UK in July is likely to mean another delay in the country’s snail-like progress...
Record aggregates recycling claimed
The UK’s aggregates industry has recycled a record tonnage of construction materials. A report from the Mineral Products Association (MPA),...
Language is important, insists ferrous recyclers
A senior figure in the ferrous sector believes small changes such as how scrap is labelled can play a big...
Double takeover by Heidelberg in the UK
The British arm of Heidelberg Materials has acquired B&A Group, a construction soil and aggregate recycling company in south-west England....
Fastmarkets reports double negatives in copper trading
A leading observer of copper markets says they are in an historic moment with Chinese smelters paying premiums for raw...
EU anti-dumping inquiry ‘indispensable first step’
An investigation into the alleged dumping of imports into Europe of tinplated steel products from China has been welcomed by...
