2021 likely to be ‘year of rebound’ for steel
The steel sector expects business to rebound in 2021 with anticipated growth in China seen as a significant factor. According…
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Copper continues to climb
New Year celebrations in China this month appear to have done little to temper trading in copper, with prices reaching…
Dow’s Indian partnership targets plastic waste
Recycling post-consumer plastic waste as polyethylene (PE) film is the goal of a new partnership between the global Dow group…
No let-up in domestic Chinese metals recycling
Experts on the Chinese economy believe the next five years will see a renewed focus on boosting the domestic generation…
Country of origin uncertainty hits UK textile exports
Confusion over a product’s original country of manufacture is hampering exports of textiles and electronic scrap from the UK to…
Despite strong start, 2021 outlook hard to predict
Uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 and the rollout of vaccinations continue to dog expectations for primary and secondary trade. As global manufacturing…
‘Amazing’ time for ferrous traders
Sustained demand and substantially higher prices for scrap export during the final weeks of 2020 meant a bright New Year…
Crude steel production down in 2020
Latest data from the World Steel Association (worldsteel) shows global crude steel production was 1 864.0 million tonnes in 2020,…
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…
Scrap traders come to terms with new Chinese standards
Exporters have been warned that new regulations and standards over scrap imported into China continue to make the situation both…
Plastics industry sets out recycling strategy
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has set out a strategy to minimise the export of plastic scrap from the UK…
