No escape for recyclers from measures to halt pandemic
The global recycling market continues to be beset by the necessary measures taken worldwide to contain Covid-19, which include widespread…
Posts from Robin Latchem
Call for Indian steel from scrap to be incentivised
Indian recyclers have called on their Government to remove the 2.5% import duty on steel scrap, calling it an uncompetitive…
Warming economies encourage trade in ferrous metals
Prices rise and furnaces are re-lit as global markets rebuild. The recovery in headline cfr prices for shipments of HMS…
Mixed fortunes for ArcelorMittal
The re-opening of economies this summer after the initial Covid-19 shutdowns has had profound effects on all sectors. It’s been…
Copper future bright as manufacturing re-emerges
The growing role for copper in the modern global economy is bolstering the non-ferrous metal and offering greater opportunities for…
Automotive sector motors back after shutdown
The recovery of the automotive industry since the Covid-19 crisis offers good trading opportunities for the scrap sector, according to…
South African fibre recycling rate plateaus
The latest data on paper recycling in South Africa shows a fall in both the recycling rate and the volume…
Global scrap markets wakening after lockdown
The latest review from the Bureau of International Recycling on the impact of Covid-19 on recycling around the world reports…
Artificial intelligence bears fruit for plastic recyclers
Specialists in using smart technology to process data are working on two pilot recycling projects in the UK. A tractor…
Kellogg’s chips away at Pringles ‘unrecyclability’
The UK’s Recycling Association (RA) has welcomed a potential redesign of the iconic – but fundamentally unrecyclable – Pringles can…
UK port to host innovative tyre recycling plant
A Norwegian company developing the chemical recycling of waste tyres has chosen the UK port of Sunderland to construct its…
