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Two Barstow, Calif., men were killed last week while taking apart a shoulder-fired rocket that police believe they had scavenged from a nearby military base.
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Hundreds of scrap companies are in the dark over the renewal of Chinese export licenses as authorities have still not confirmed all applications ahead of the end-of-year expiration of the old licenses.
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U.S. copper scrap prices have moved up on a continuing shortage of material despite lower prices for primary metal on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Several hundred iron and steel foundries, should they be users of shredded scrap from motor vehicles, will have to begin vouching for the removal of hazardous contaminants by shredders and dismantlers supplying that material.
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Two Barstow, Calif., men were killed last week while taking apart a shoulder-fired rocket that police believe they had scavenged from a nearby military base.
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Exports of stainless scrap rose by nearly 15 percent in October vs. the previous month, but some scrap traders are doubtful of the supposed strength of overseas demand for the shiny scrap.
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Metals trader Scott Berggren was declared the winner of a $1.6-million judgment in November as belated payment for 1999-2000 sales of Russian metal to a failing secondary aluminum smelter in Wisconsin.
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Metals trader Scott Berggren was declared the winner of a $1.6-million judgment in November as belated payment for 1999-2000 sales of Russian metal to a failing secondary aluminum smelter in Wisconsin.
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U.S. copper scrap prices have moved up on a continuing shortage of material and underlining support for higher copper prices on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Ferrous scrap exports are set to rise again in 2008 on the back of strong demand and a weakening U.S. dollar, executives at U.S. scrap companies said.
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Turkey’s imports of No. 1 heavy melting steel scrap from U.S. suppliers plunged in October, hitting the lowest level seen in the past year and a half, but moderate increases in the tonnage delivered to several other nations helped offset that drop.
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Cronifer, the Dutch arm of German stainless scrap processor Cronimet Holding GmbH, will be renamed Cronimet (Holland) BV effective Jan. 1.
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Vermont State Police have arrested two men and a woman in connection with the theft of bronze sculptures valued at $1 million that were later sold to local scrapyards.
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Emanuel “Manny” Crystal, chairman of family-owned Jackson Iron & Metal Co., Jackson, Miss., died Monday after a long illness. He was 81.
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Wise Metals Group LLC, Linthicum, Md., will restate its financial results for 2004, 2005 and 2006 and for the first two quarters of 2006 and 2007.
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Robert Waxman, a key figure in a copper trading scandal at Philip Services Corp. (PSC) almost 10 years ago, has been banned from serving as an officer or director of a public company in Canada for 20 years and from trading in securities for 10 years.
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Horsehead Corp. plans to build a new facility to process electric furnace dust from Nucor Corp.’s three steel mills in North Carolina and South Carolina, the Monaca, Pa.-based company said.
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The U.S. Maritime Administration (Marad) has awarded new contracts to dispose of five “Ghost Fleet” vessels—four anchored along the James River in Newport News, Va., and one from the Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Texas.
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Robert Waxman, a key figure in a copper trading scandal at Philip Services Corp. (PSC) almost 10 years ago, has been banned from serving as an officer or director of a public company in Canada for 20 years and from trading in securities for 10 years.
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Wise Metals Group LLC, Linthicum, Md., will be restating its annual financial figures for 2004, 2005 and 2006 and for the first two quarters of 2006 and 2007.
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Horsehead Corp. plans to build a new facility to process electric furnace dust from Nucor Corp.’s three steel mills in North Carolina and South Carolina, the Monaca, Pa.-based company said.
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U.S. aluminum scrap exports rose again in October, surpassing 150,000 short tons for the third time this year.
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The Maritime Administration (Marad) has awarded new contracts to dispose of five Ghost Fleet vessels—four anchored along the James River in Newport News, Va., and one from the Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Texas.
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The 1- and 2-cent increases in California’s container redemption fees at the start of this year spurred the state’s beverage drinkers to turn in more aluminum used beverage cans (UBCs) and plastic bottles.