09-03-2020 CORONA VIRUS Editors’ Top Picks Ferrous Metals Ferrous scrap traders nervous over China health crisis Market fears Chinese shutdown to tackle virus will hit global supply chains and demand for secondary materials. Below is a…
13-02-2020 Editors’ Top Picks Non-Ferrous Metals Hopes rise on improved US-China relations The first quarter of 2020 will see some notable political milestones. On the one hand, the beginning of an agreement…
04-02-2020 Technology Another pre-shredder for China Shigang Steel Mill, part of the Hebei Steel Group, has placed an order with recycling equipment producer Danieli for a…
22-01-2020 Business Ferrous Metals Non-Ferrous Metals China accepts scrap metal is not solid waste An announcement from the Chinese Government setting out plans to implement a new standards regime for imports of recycled copper,…
21-01-2020 Business Plastics The end of plastic waste? China is cleaning out its closet China produces more than 60 million tonnes of plastic waste every year but the government is hoping to reduce the…
24-12-2019 Business Plastics Joint venture targets greater recycling in China Subsidiaries of the Danish Bjørn Thorsen (BT) group have established a joint venture with partners in China to produce advanced…
07-10-2019 Editors’ Top Picks Non-Ferrous Metals Pressure eases as China-US mood improves Prices generally ticked over in the late summer months as markets kept an eye on the tariff diplomacy. For the…
29-08-2019 Editors’ Top Picks Non-Ferrous Metals Nespresso launches capsule takeback scheme in China Consumers of the Nespresso brand of coffee capsules in China can now send them for recycling because of a tie-up…
22-08-2019 Business Editors’ Top Picks New anti-waste smuggling drive in China Dozens of people have been arrested by Chinese customs on suspicion of smuggling more than 110 000 tonnes of waste…
29-07-2019 ChinaIRC 2019 Organiser: CPRA, the China Plastics Recycling Association of CRRA. CRRA, the China National Resource Recycling Association
11-07-2019 E-scrap Non-Ferrous Metals MRAI warns: ‘Don’t turn India into a dumping ground like China’ China’s scrap import restrictions have led to an increase in low-quality materials being shipped to India, according to the Material…
