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Prices for 18/8 stainless steel scrap solids in the UK inter-merchant market were unchanged this week on firm competition.
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A Connecticut lawmaker has proposed a bill that would make it a federal offense to transport metals stolen from veterans’ memorials or monuments across state lines.
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A Nebraska recycler expects to move into its new building and complete improvements to the site by year-end.
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Metal Bulletin’s Daily Ferrous Scrap Index cfr Iskenderun rose to $453.76 per tonne on an HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis on December 16, up from $452.51 a day earlier.
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Evraz Inc. North America has named Jacob Lubbe senior vice president of manufacturing development and supply chain.
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A used-tire recycling technology born in Canada and seasoned in the United States is on its way to China, where a joint venture teaming Canada’s Blue Diamond Technologies Ltd. and China’s Insigma Technology Co. Ltd. plans to build as many as 13 facilities to produce reusable crumb rubber, clean steel and fiber from discarded vehicle tires.
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U.S. exports of spent lead-acid batteries to Mexico have returned to the spotlight after a new report highlighting environmental risks gains mainstream media attention.
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Wise Metals Group LLC has named Andrew Logsdon president of Wise Recycling.
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Timken Co. plans to make $7 million in improvements at an Ohio scrapyard it purchased in January.
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Metal Bulletin’s Daily Ferrous Scrap Index cfr Iskenderun increased again to $452.51 per tonne on an HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis on December 15, up from $450.10 a day earlier and up almost $20 from the start of the week.
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Turkish import scrap prices soared this week as the cfr Iskenderun index for HMS 1&2 (80:20) increased by more than $15 from Monday to reach $450.10 per tonne on December 14.
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Chinese steel mills and scrap traders have shelved US scrap imports, due to high prices and sluggish downstream steel market.
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Michigan officials have delayed discussions on proposed vehicle recycling legislation changes that auto salvagers claim would affect thousands of recycling jobs.
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Riverside Products Inc. has announced that account manager Bud Bradley is retiring this month after four decades with the company.
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A lead recycler has purchased additional property in Tampa, Fla.
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A Massachusetts town is mulling whether to approve a vehicle scrapping license for a proposed metals recycling operation to be run by the owner of another recycler in the state.
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Nashville, Tenn., has narrowed its choices for a new riverfront ballpark down to three sites, one of which would require moving a major recycler’s shredder operation.
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Officials in Georgia have given the green light to a McDonough-based recycler to process and store ferrous material outdoors.
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UK secondary aluminium ingot prices were down again on Wednesday December 14, as producers looked to stay competitive in an increasingly challenging market.
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Metal Bulletin’s Daily Ferrous Scrap Index cfr Iskenderun jumped to $450.10 per tonne on an HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis on December 14, up by more than $10 from $436.31 a day earlier.
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An explosion at a steelworks in the Iranian city of Yadz has killed seven workers and injured a further 12, according to Iran’s state-owned news service, IRNA.
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Grimmel Industries LLC has purchased a $3.5-million property in Palmetto, Fla., where it plans to establish a recycling operation with significant export opportunities.
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Secondary aluminum alloy market sentiment appears to have turned bearish after lower terminal market prices triggered a wave of selling at weaker numbers this past week.
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A Michigan metals recycler is being sued for more than $2 million for damage caused by a fire that ignited shortly after the company removed metals from an industrial building.