Scrap

• Calif. auto wrecker facing hazardous waste charges Sep 30, 2011

  Prosecutors have filed a 23-count criminal complaint against a Santa Rosa, Calif., scrap processor and auto wrecker accusing the company of illegal storage and disposal of hazardous waste, including spent auto batteries.

• Barge scrapper indicted on pollution charges Sep 30, 2011

  The owner of a central Washington state scrap company has been charged with two counts of violating the federal Clean Water Act by letting oil from a barge he was scrapping escape into the Columbia River.

• Fire disrupts Schnitzer operations Sep 30, 2011

  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. sustained a small fire at its scrap facility in Oakland, Calif., Thursday afternoon.

• Honda raising Ohio aluminum alloy intake Sep 30, 2011

  A $50-million expansion by Honda Transmission Mfg. of America Inc. in Ohio is expected to increase the company’s secondary aluminum alloy intake by more than 35 percent and introduce ingot as a feed.

• CMC Recycling sets plans for replacement Texas yard Sep 30, 2011

  Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) is hoping to open a new scrap recycling facility in Saginaw, Texas, as the deadline to close its 50-year-old Fort Worth yard nears.

• Scrap processor to host community open house Sep 30, 2011

  Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester Inc. will host a customer appreciation day and community open house at its Rochester, N.Y. scrapyard Oct. 1.

• Sims builds on buying spree with purchase of S3 Interactive Sep 30, 2011

  Sims Metal Management has acquired S3 Interactive Limited, which specialises in recovering end-of-life and defective mobile devices from manufacturers' warranty and non-warranty service providers.

• European secondary aluminium prices fall as market assesses damage Sep 30, 2011

  European secondary aluminium prices fell on Friday as many buyers preferred to wait for a resolution to the eurozone debt crisis before committing to large, forward purchases

• MILLING ABOUT: TSR adds to management board, bolsters international coverage Sep 30, 2011

  TSR Recycling GmbH has brought back former cfo Edwin Leijnse to join its board, the steel and metal recycler said on Wednesday

• Mexican aluminum smelter to decide on US site Sep 29, 2011

  A Mexican secondary aluminum alloy producer may be setting up shop in Indiana to expand on an existing business relationship with Shelbyville, Ind.-based Ryobi Die Casting USA Inc.

• Scrap prices may follow Tokyo Steel lower Sep 29, 2011

  Japanese scrap prices look set to weaken after Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Corp. reduced the purchase price for deliveries to its Tahara plant for the first time in almost a month.

• ISRI plans vote on changes to foundry grades Sep 29, 2011

  The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has proposed changes to two foundry-grade specifications for ferrous scrap.

• DAILY SCRAP REPORT: Index holds steady but scrap price fall expected Sep 29, 2011

  MB’s Daily Ferrous Scrap Index cfr Iskenderun was almost unchanged on Thursday at $464.89, up slightly from $464.50 on Wednesday, as market participants anticipated the price at which the next trade would be concluded

• Steel tags fall on overcapacity, tepid demand Sep 28, 2011

  U.S. steel prices have slipped slightly in recent weeks, according to industry indices and market sources.

• Hussey Copper owes over $24M to scrap firms Sep 28, 2011

  Scrap companies are at the front of the line in holding claims against Hussey Copper Ltd. following the copper fabricator’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing, with Sims Metal Management Ltd., Cronimet Trading Corp. and CMC Recycling each owed millions of dollars.

• Aluminum alloy tags tumble on panic sales Sep 28, 2011

  Secondary aluminum alloy prices nosedived this week as panic selling overtook what has been a fairly resilient market this year.

• Sims shredder going toe-to-toe with Schnitzer Sep 28, 2011

  Sims Metal Management Ltd. is on course for a toe-to-toe battle with rival Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., with plans to establish a shredder and two scrapyards in the same Providence, R.I., suburb in which Schnitzer has a yard and shredder.

• Scrap firm to pay $17,000 penalty for battery shipment Sep 28, 2011

  A West Coast scrap company has agreed to pay a $17,000 penalty for failing to meet certain export shipping standards for spent lead-acid batteries.

• Wendt opening 2d facility to meet shredder demand Sep 28, 2011

  An auto shredder manufacturer has bought a shuttered Gibraltar Industries Inc. plant in Cheektowaga, N.Y., to open a second operation to meet surging demand.

• Mo. scrap processor sues security company after fire Sep 28, 2011

  A Springfield, Mo., scrap processor has sued a local security company, alleging its guard failed to promptly report a fire that damaged its yard.

• AMG Resources promotes Linkes Sep 28, 2011

  Scrap brokerage company AMG Resources Corp. has appointed Jason Linkes as its Great Lakes district manager.

• UK secondary aluminium prices down as support from LME and Europe falls away Sep 28, 2011

  UK secondary aluminium ingot fell on Wednesday as falling primary prices on the London Metal Exchange saw raw material prices dip, and the weak euro kept business into the continent uncompetitive

• UK ferrous scrap export market is 'dead', merchants say Sep 28, 2011

  The export market for UK ferrous scrap is nearly dead this week as exchange rate fluctuations, financial worries and weak demand take their toll, merchants told MB

• DAILY SCRAP REPORT: Turkish mills still on sidelines as offers get no interest Sep 28, 2011

  MB’s Ferrous Scrap Index cfr Iskenderun dropped on Wednesday to $464.50, down from $468.34 on Tuesday as buyers and sellers foresaw price drops