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Chinese customs officials are car-
rying out intense investigations into
the domestic non-ferrous scrap
industry, according to the Brussels-
based Bureau of International
Recycling (BIR).
The country’s government believes
some importers are attempting to
avoid paying full duties and other
tariffs by not properly declaring the
value and/or metallic content of
incoming material. Anti-smuggling
units from various jurisdictions have
visited a number of scrap yards
throughout China. Customs officials
have also requested information from
the representative offices of some for-
eign companies.
There are reports of an increase
in port congestion owing to the
intensity of the investigations. In
addition, BIR members report that
buyers have been unable to clear
customs properly.
BIR is attempting to find out
more information about the export
situation, although it is refraining
from comment on the internal inves-
tigative activities. Members export-
ing to China are requested strictly to
follow all the rules and regulations
pertinent to proper classification,
grading and documentary protocols.
Details on regulations relating to
shipments to China are available on
the BIR website (www.bir.org).
The world recycling body also
strongly advises scrap companies
based in Europe or those wishing to
export recyclables/scrap from an EU
member state to abide by the recent-
ly-published EU regulations.
N E W S
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Increase in Chinese
inspection activity
Potain delivers 1000th
GTMR 386 crane
One of the most successful self-
erecting cranes of all time – the
Potain GTMR 386 – is celebrating its
1000th delivery. Launched in 1989,
the crane has been dispatched to
customers in countries as diverse as
Germany, Turkey, Cuba, Russia and
Turkmenistan. The 1000th crane
was delivered to French contractor
Sogea Construction.
According to David Havard,
Potain’s Global Product Manager for
tower cranes, the GTMR 386 is ‘per-
fectly suited to residential construc-
tion, such as apartment blocks or
hotels’ and offers customers ‘very
powerful load curves’. He continues:
‘At 50 metres, the GTMR 386 can lift
1.5 tonnes, or with a 31-metre jib
this crane can lift 4.1 tonnes. This
makes them ideal for moving steel
formwork and concrete buckets. The
GTMR 386 can transport on only
three trucks and has good versatility
in height and jib length.’
The crane has a maximum capaci-
ty of 8 tonnes and a maximum reach
of 50 metres.
www.potain.com
Workers at the
MCG factory in
Charlieu, France,
celebrate the
1000th Potain
GTMR 386.
Aleris to buy Wabash
Alloys
Cleveland-based Aleris Interna –
tional, Inc. has entered into a defini-
tive agreement to acquire fellow US
firm Wabash Alloys from Connell
Limited Partnership.
Aleris is a global leader in alu-
minium rolled products and extru-
sions, aluminium recycling, and
specification alloy production. The
company is also a recycler of zinc
and a leading US manufacturer of
zinc metal and value-added zinc
products that include zinc oxide and
zinc dust. It operates 50 production
facilities in North America, Europe,
South America and Asia, and boasts
approximately 8500 employees.
Wabash Alloys produces alumini-
um casting alloys and molten metal
at seven facilities in the USA,
Canada and Mexico.
Under the purchase agreement,
Aleris will pay approximately US$
194 million with certain adjust-
ments for working capital and other
items. Completion of the acquisition
is expected to take place in the third
quarter of this year and is subject to
regulatory approvals and customary
closing conditions.
For more information:
www.aleris.com
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