Scrap

• Prices rise for 1st-qtr. offerings from Boeing Seattle-area plants Dec 16, 2005

  The quarterly bidding for Boeing Co.'s aluminum scrap in the Seattle area showed the bellwether grade up by nearly 7.2 percent from three months ago and other categories up by more than 20 percent.

• Unpaid Waxman lawyer threatens to walk Dec 16, 2005

  Chester Waxman, who has done his share to make the legal profession a full-employment trade, reportedly is having a problem paying his attorneys.

• Urban scrapyards face growing pressure to pack up and leave Dec 16, 2005

  Terms of repugnance often expressed by the acronym "nimby" (not in my back yard) that some urban scrapyards have endured for decades are moving up to a new, more threatening level that might someday be expressed simply as "get outta here."

• ISRI readies first Design for Recycling award Dec 16, 2005

  In the hope of encouraging products that are cheaper and safer to process once they no longer work, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is launching an annual Design for Recycling award.

• Schnitzer doubling Portland shredder capacity Dec 14, 2005

  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. has purchased a 7,000-horsepower shredder from Metso Texas Shredder Inc., San Antonio, Texas, and will install it at the company's home yard in Portland, Ore.

• ISRI forum on safety in recycling operations scheduled for January Dec 14, 2005

  The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) will hold its annual Operations Forum Jan. 19-21 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta.

• Able UK fails to acquire shipyard in Scotland Dec 14, 2005

  Able UK Ltd., the British shipbreaking company that has a contract to dismantle 13 U.S. "Ghost Fleet" vessels, has failed in an attempt to buy an outdated shipyard in Scotland.

• E-cycling systems are not an environmental issue, EPA tells GAO Dec 13, 2005

  An arm of Congress says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should be proposing options to Congress for overcoming the factors deterring the recycling and reuse of discarded electronics.

• Brass foundry to pay $30,000 fine for alleged breach of waste rules Dec 13, 2005

  Paul W. Zimmerman Foundries Co. has agreed to pay a $30,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its brass foundry in Columbia, Pa., the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said.

• Russian Army officers facing blast charges Dec 13, 2005

  Two Russian Army officers responsible for the transportation and destruction of decommissioned armaments in the Pacific Ocean city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky could face charges in connection with an explosion at a scrap metal yard that left two people dead, according to a wire service report.

• Titanium exports dip on cuts by Belgium, UK Dec 12, 2005

  Importers in Canada and Japan picked up most of the U.S. titanium scrap that Belgian and British buyers left behind in September, yielding an overall 2.5-percent dip in exports that month.

• Munitions in scrap kill two Indian yard workers Dec 12, 2005

  Two workers at a scrapyard in India were killed Friday while handling imported ferrous scrap that apparently contained live ammunition.

• US might gain e-cycling system edge as UK rules head for redraft Dec 09, 2005

  The United Kingdom's lead over the United States in developing an electronics recycling system might be eroding, according to published reports.

• Notice Dec 09, 2005

  AMM has restructured its nonferrous scrap prices to bring them more in line with the market. The effort to improve these numbers will continue over the coming weeks. AMM is seeking input from scrapyard operators willing to contribute data to the survey. Please contact the relevant reporter

• US sales help pull down ferrous export prices Dec 09, 2005

  Ferrous scrap export prices weakened by a few dollars a tonne after U.S. East Coast exporters picked up orders from Turkish steelmakers for two cargoes of cut scrap.

• Arca applies for stock listing on Nasdaq Dec 09, 2005

  Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc. (Arca) has submitted an application to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

• Stainless reflects glimmer of hope for New Year pricing uptick Dec 09, 2005

  Stainless steel scrap prices have shown little luster in the past three months, but they might be getting ready to welcome a brighter New Year.

• Smelter grades of aluminum scrap not keeping pace with soaring LME Dec 09, 2005

  Smelter-grade aluminum scrap is up 2 to 3 cents a pound in the past month, a disappointing magnitude for scrapyard managers watching aluminum's takeoff on the London Metal Exchange.

• European stainless scrap surges $200/T on pickup in mill demand Dec 07, 2005

  European stainless steel scrap prices have risen $200 a tonne, with specialty scrap processors and brokers reporting a resurgence of buying from European mills.

• S. Korea sinks US lead exports in September Dec 07, 2005

  U.S. lead scrap exporters didn't get as much of the lead out of the country in September as they did the previous month, largely due to reduced purchases by South Korea.

• Michigan incentive spurs Rifkin to move to former Ferro-Met site Dec 07, 2005

  Rifkin Scrap Iron & Metal Co., echoing events elsewhere in the United States, has accepted a benefits package to move away from its 10-acre site on the Saginaw River in Michigan.

• Chinese appetite couldn't stop zinc export dip Dec 06, 2005

  U.S. exports of zinc scrap dipped slightly in September, although Chinese buyers continued to claim an ever-growing share of this segment of the nonferrous secondary metals market.

• Auditor finds Hawaii deposit fee program had slipshod first year Dec 06, 2005

  As the first anniversary approaches for Hawaii's deposit-fee program for recyclable beverage containers, an auditor says the governor's lack of enthusiasm for the program has led to sloppy implementation.

• Chalco building secondary smelter in Shandong Dec 06, 2005

  Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (Chalco) has started construction of a 200,000-tonne-per-year secondary smelter in Shandong province.