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A nose for scrap…
and wine
D e n m a r k ’s m e t a l s re c y c l e r H J H a n s e n
With 30 yards handling one million tonnes of recycled materials every year,
HJHansen Recycling Group is by far Denmark’s largest scrap metals processing
enterprise. Under the leadership of Mogens Bach Christensen, the company has
been investing big money in the expansion of its deep-sea port capacity.
Meanwhile, the ceo also keeps an eye on a EUR 50 million wine business.
ing hubs in Iskenderun, Izmir, Istanbul
and Samsung.
‘Approximately every two weeks, a
ship loaded with 32 000 to 35 000
tonnes departs the port, a process
that takes three full days of intense
loading,’ says HJHansen’s ceo Mogens
Bach Christensen on a windy and rainy
weekday morning.
At the port of Odense, in central
Denmark, HJHansen Recycling Group
orchestrates a daily ballet of steel,
cranes and logistics. From this deep-
sea hub – and several others – the
company ships hundreds of thousands
of tonnes of ferrous scrap to world-
wide markets every year. Türkiye is a
major destination, with steel-produc-
A U T H O R Martijn Reintjes P H O T O S Martijn Reintjes, HJH
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