Scrap trading volumes, values up in '11: ISRI

Dec 20, 2012 | 03:45 PM | Daniel Fitzgerald

Tags  scrap metal exports, scrap values, ISRI, Joe Pickard, ferrous scrap, nonferrous scrap, copper scrap, aluminum scrap zinc scrap

NEW YORK — Global scrap metal exports were valued at $124.8 billion in 2011, marking a “banner year for global scrap demand,” the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries said in a report.
Global ferrous scrap exports totaled 106.7 million tonnes for the year, valued at $53.9 billion, figures compiled by ISRI from the United Nations Comtrade Database show.....





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