Scrap

• S. Korea returns for swim as ferrous tags dive Oct 07, 2005

  South Korean steelmakers have booked orders for three or four cargoes of ferrous scrap with West Coast yards during the past week, industry sources said.

• Indian agency blocks unshredded metallic imports from Iranian port Oct 05, 2005

  Indian Customs officials have barred shipments of unshredded metal scrap from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas because of fears that cargoes might contain unexploded artillery shells and weapons from the Afghanistan conflict.

• Canada, Germany help lift US nickel exports Oct 05, 2005

  U.S. exports of nickel-bearing scrap started the second half of 2005 on a stronger note.

• EMR gets go-ahead to purchase Borowski & Hopp scrap terminal Oct 05, 2005

  European Metal Recycling Ltd. (EMR) is close to completing the acquisition of German deep-water scrap terminal Borowski & Hopp Hamburg GmbH.

• Arkansas Aluminum hikes alloys Oct 05, 2005

  Arkansas Aluminum Alloys Inc., Hot Springs, Ark., announced a 2-cent-per-pound price hike Wednesday. The recycling smelter's new book prices are 88 cents per pound for alloy A380.1, 94 cents for both A413.1 and A360.1, and 96 cents for 356.1.

• Elkhart Metals eyes Jan. startup of new shredder yard in Indiana Oct 04, 2005

  Elkhart Metals, owned by Sturgis Iron & Metal Co., Sturgis, Mich., plans commercial startup in January of a new shredder at a plant in Elkhart, Ind.

• No. 1 heavy melting steel exports climb again Oct 04, 2005

  U.S. exports of No. 1 heavy melting steel scrap rose in July for the third consecutive month, continuing the heady pace that started in May.

• Spanish ferrous scrap set to fall Oct 04, 2005

  Spanish mini-mills are pushing for a cut of 20 euros ($23.80) per tonne for all grades of ferrous scrap in October, although traders said they believe prices might decline even further.

• New book traces evolution of US scrap industry Oct 03, 2005

  The evolution of the U.S. scrap industry from the mid-1800s is examined in Cash for Your Trash, a book by Carl Zimring, an assistant professor of history at Oberlin College.

• Schnitzer-Neu marriage dissolved, paving way for Sims wedding Oct 03, 2005

  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. has completed the separation and termination of its joint venture with New York-based Hugo Neu Corp.

• EPA 'clean charge' foundry rule makeover fixes punctuation slip Oct 03, 2005

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally cleaned up the flaw in a 2003 regulation relating to "clean charge" aluminum used by smelters and foundries.

• Recycling of PET containers climbs to 21.6% Sep 30, 2005

  The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling rate rose to 21.6 percent in 2004 from 19.6 percent the previous year, according to the National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor).

• Wabash to idle plant, leaves locked-out union hanging Sep 30, 2005

  The six-month lockout of workers at the Wabash, Ind., smelter of Wabash Alloys LLC took a new turn Friday with word that the company will close its Cleveland facility and move production to the currently non-union headquarters plant.

• Chinese have upper hand in purchasing exec Sep 30, 2005

  Chinese scrap buyers continue to have a significant advantage in the purchase of U.S.-generated scrap over domestic consumers, a scrap industry executive said last week, so secondary smelters in this country will have to "pay up" to secure supplies.

• EPA cites Trialco for violations of air rules at aluminum smelter Sep 30, 2005

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regional office in Chicago has filed an administrative complaint against Trialco Inc. for alleged clean-air violations at the company's aluminum recovery plant in Chicago Heights, Ill.

• Squeezed German ingot producer seeks bankruptcy protection Sep 30, 2005

  German secondary zinc and aluminum ingot producer Greuter & Kerscher Metallhuettenbetrieb GmbH & Co. KG has filed for bankruptcy protection.

• California woman accused of selling bogus scrap stock Sep 30, 2005

  A Moorpark, Calif., woman faces charges of deceiving neighbors and colleagues by selling them $170,000 worth of stock in a non-existent scrap company and several other allegedly bogus ventures.

• Fire forces Heartland Aluminum to shut down furnaces for week Sep 28, 2005

  A fire has forced wheel recycler Heartland Aluminum Inc. to shut its furnaces for the remainder of this week, but the company expects partial resumption next Monday and normal output a week later.

• Flap over N. Carolina fluff plans set to linger as anti-Neu bill fails Sep 28, 2005

  North Carolina's legislative jousting over Hugo Neu Corp. ended with the lower house ignoring the anti-Neu bill that had passed the state Senate.

• Chinese buying binge lifts stainless exports Sep 28, 2005

  U.S. exports of stainless steel scrap inched upward at the start of the second half, led by a steep gain in the tonnage delivered to Chinese steelmakers.

• Bernhard Recycling rebrands, changes its name to Arrandene Sep 27, 2005

  Bernhard Recycling Ltd., the British ferrous and nonferrous scrap trading company, has changed its name to Arrandene International Ltd. in a rebranding following its separation from Bernhard Metals (UK) Ltd. nearly two years ago.

• De-coated CRT glass from US heading to China Sep 27, 2005

  The cathode ray tube (CRT) is alive and well in China as a component of newly made equipment, and Amandi Services Inc. says de-coated glass from discarded U.S. electronics will soon be heading there as a recyclable raw material.

• Michigan taps Dell to recycle PCs Sep 27, 2005

  Michigan's Department of Information Technology has tapped Dell Computer Co.'s Asset Recovery Service (ARS) program to manage the removal, refurbishment and retirement of computer equipment from state agencies.

• Megashredder heads for Missouri Sep 26, 2005

  Midwest Scrap Management Inc., a St. Joseph, Mo.,-based scrap metal company, has purchased a HS 125125 megashredder from Harris Shredders, a division of Harris Waste Management Group.