Scrap

• Julius Uehlein, founding member of United Steelworkers, dies at 88 Dec 30, 2005

  Julius Bernard Uehlein, 88, a co-founder of the United Steelworkers union, has died in a nursing home in Washington, D.C., of cardiopulmonary failure brought on by pneumonia.

• EMR signs 300 members to recycling network Dec 30, 2005

  European Metal Recycling Ltd. (EMR), Britain's largest scrap processor and exporter, has signed up 300 U.K. auto dismantlers for its vehicle recycling network.

• Ontario e-cycler boosts capacity in move to pull in scrap from US Dec 30, 2005

  Maser Corp., a recently established electronics recycler operating in Ontario, has boosted capacity to go after discarded equipment from the United States. The company is looking at opening branch facilities, according to an announcement, but there is no rush.

• Harsco acquires US, European steel service units of Brambles Dec 29, 2005

  Harsco Corp. has purchased the European and U.S. operations of an Australian counterpart, Brambles Industrial Services.

• Metso confirms shredder orders for yards in Ala., Iowa Dec 28, 2005

  Metso Minerals, a unit of Finland's Metso Corp., confirmed Wednesday that its recently purchased U.S. subsidiary will be providing two shredders to Alter Trading Corp. next year, with start-up set for late April in Alabama and early summer in Iowa.

• New Orleans eyes contractor to remove autos Dec 28, 2005

  New Orleans will soon choose a contractor to handle the removal of about 30,000 wrecked cars and trucks left by Hurricane Katrina on public property.

• Aluminum exports set another record in Oct. Dec 27, 2005

  U.S. exports of aluminum scrap totaled a record 109,035 short tons in October-following a pattern seen in four other months in 2005-although some of the shipments might not be the sort of material a typical recycler thinks of as aluminum scrap

• End-of-year buying binge boosts European secondary aluminum Dec 27, 2005

  Secondary aluminum ingot prices in Europe raced higher last week as the Christmas holiday approached, propelled by an unusual amount of end-of-year buying by consumers and on rising scrap prices.

• Metso supplying shredder to Japan scrapyard Dec 27, 2005

  Metso Minerals Oy will supply a metal shredder to Yamanaka & Co. Ltd. for its scrapyard in Sendai, Japan.

• Copper exports propelled up by Chinese demand Dec 23, 2005

  U.S. exports of copper and brass scrap rose 13 percent in October as Chinese consumers stocked up in an environment of rising prices and upcoming holiday shutdowns.

• Notice Dec 23, 2005

  Following a number of queries, AMM wishes to clarify the changes made to the nonferrous dealer scrap prices Dec. 9. The price adjustments did not reflect a one-day movement in actual prices but do more accurately reflect the market value of these commodities.

• EPA, Wabash reach agreement on Ohio pollution violations Dec 23, 2005

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 said it has reached an agreement with Wabash Alloys LLC, Wabash, Ind., involving air pollution violations at its aluminum recovery plant in Cleveland. The EPA assessed a penalty of $11,160 against the company.

• Taking a close-up view, transparency in a centralized system is clear Dec 23, 2005

  The future and the past are sometimes more alike than visionaries like to think.

• CMC's earnings take 5.6% hit as Asian, European prices slip Dec 23, 2005

  Higher expenses and weaker steel prices in Asia and Europe pushed Commercial Metals Co.'s (CMC's) fiscal first-quarter earnings down 5.6 percent to $69.6 million from $73.7 million during the comparable period last year.

• ISRI offers online expo registration Dec 22, 2005

  The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) said it is now offering online registration for its 2006 Convention and Exposition to be held April 2-6 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

• Shredded exports below par despite Oct. gain Dec 21, 2005

  Exports of shredded scrap took the low road again in October, the second month in a row in which the tonnage of the fragmented scrap shipped to foreign steelmakers and foundries has been about half the level seen earlier in the year.

• Copper and brass values gain in Defense contractor auction Dec 21, 2005

  A federal contractor auctioned off $1.9 million worth of U.S. Defense Department metal scrap on its Web site Tuesday, with copper and brass prices ranging mostly between $1.31 and $1.68 a pound.

• AMM secondary aluminum pricing changes Dec 21, 2005

  Following an in-depth review, AMM has decided to take the following action with regard to the AMM Secondary Ingot Indicator

• Nonferrous exports jump to new high in Oct. Dec 20, 2005

  Nonferrous scrap exports set a fresh record in October, as did the aluminum scrap component, but copper was apparently constrained by limits on U.S. supply.

• City officials OK deal to help two yards move, then leave one out Dec 20, 2005

  City councilors in Portland, Maine, decided Monday night to pay $5 million for 54 acres of land that could become the new home for two scrapyards the city wants to move from a neighborhood targeted for a $100-million commercial and residential redevelopment.

• Battery group honors Phoenix agency's efforts Dec 20, 2005

  Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) said Tuesday it has bestowed its 2005 National Community Recycling Leadership Award on the Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs (OEP) for its work in promoting recycling of rechargeable batteries and cell phones.

• Final EPA rule gives leeway to small smelters Dec 19, 2005

  In a rule change that affects mostly sweat furnaces, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule exempting small "secondary aluminum smelters" from some monitoring and reporting requirements known as Title V or Part 70.

• Aluminum puck values rise in Spirit auction Dec 19, 2005

  The quarterly auction at recently renamed aerospace manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems Inc., Wichita, Kan., yielded aluminum scrap prices that were typically 13 percent higher than September's levels.

• Molten metal accident kills one, hurts two at Russian nuke plant Dec 19, 2005

  A worker at a scrap smelter inside a Russian nuclear power plant was killed and two more were severely burned when molten metal splashed on the three men late Thursday, according to a report in the Moscow Times.