Kennametal plans carbide recycling operation

Nov 15, 2012 | 04:54 PM | Thorsten Schier

Tags  Kennametal, tungsten, recycling, carbide, China plant, tungsten-cobalt, Carlos Cardoso, Thorsten Schier

NEW YORK — Tool maker Kennametal Inc. is looking to build an advanced carbide recycling facility to recycle material from scrap and consumed products such as metal-cutting inserts, the company said Thursday.

"We’re talking about a high-tech operation where we’ll process used materials to develop new compounds essential to our industrial technology," Kennametal chairman, president and chief executive officer Carlos Cardoso said in a statement.....





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