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Most aluminum scrap prices in Brazil fell last week, according to a survey by the country’s aluminum association, Abal.
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Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) saw a sharp decrease in profits in its fiscal second-quarter 2013 on the back of slower U.S. scrap and steel business activity, but the company expects to see a pickup in domestic business in the second half.
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John Lingelbach has returned to R2 Solutions as executive director eight months after he left the group to attend to medical matters.
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Most free-market lead scrap prices weakened this week, with market participants noting that tags had started to follow recent drops on the London Metal Exchange.
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The former vice president of a Houston electrical contracting firm has been accused of stealing more than $300,000 in copper scrap from the company.
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Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. is challenging the right of a recycler in Eugene, Ore., to install its first shredder.
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The Columbus (Ind.) Board of Zoning Appeals is holding a public hearing to discuss a company’s request to open a recycling operation.
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The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has proposed spending $8.1 million to clean up a former Genesee County scrapyard.
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A scrap peddler is facing up to a year in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion by failing to report more than $152,000 in receipts.
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The owner of a British Columbia metals recycler won’t give up on trying to stay in business, even after local officials rejected his rezoning application, he said.
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Stainless scrap processor buying prices are unchanged as market participants await April orders, while some dealer prices have fallen on slack demand.
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Stainless scrap market participants are backing an analyst's prediction that the ramp-up of Outokumpu Oyj’s mill in Calvert, Ala., could push the U.S. market into deficit.
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Prices for secondary aluminum alloy were unchanged March 25, with sources indicating that a lack of price movement in both secondary smelter scrap and alloy grades was creating a growing sense of uneasiness.
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China has issued draft rules that seek to immediately shut secondary lead producers with a capacity below 10,000 tonnes per year, as well as those with crucible-melting or coal-fired furnaces.
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All Green Recycling Inc. is calling it quits after two and a half years in the industry.
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The result of a bulk scrap tender released March 25 by a Turkish mill is expected to set the tone for this week’s U.S. and European export prices to the world’s largest scrap-importing nation.
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Alter Trading Corp. has announced plans to invest $20 million at one of its four auto shredding plants in Iowa.
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Japanese ferrous scrap prices have hit their highest levels in well over a year, but the increase could stall, market sources said.
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Industry groups remain divided on the results of a large study examining used electronics products (UEPs) exports.
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Prices for containerized ferrous scrap exported from the West Coast dropped again this past week, as market conditions in East and Southeast Asia remained bleak.
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A scrap metal bill that would require anyone selling copper in Arkansas to first make a stop at a local law enforcement agency is being frowned upon by local recyclers.
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Producers of secondary aluminum alloys are preparing for production cutbacks, namely for spot A380.1 material, as shrinking margins and high scrap prices continue to create unfavorable conditions, sources say.
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The Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC) has requested that the state fully reinstate its dedicated recycling fund.
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Prices for scrap aluminum wheels have fallen 2 cents per pound from last month, but tags continue to be buoyed by strong demand from producers of 356.1 alloy, market participants said.