June/July 2011

In this issue:

Turkey stalls after buying spreeWhere Turkey leads, the rest of the scrap-buying world tends to follow, and in recent weeks Turkish mills have again provided the impetus for a genera... more Light metal market difficult to callWhen compared to the prices contained in our previous report in early May, LME cash copper has retreated to US$ 9000 per tonne at the time of writing ... more Concern over summer-time supply In Europe, demand for recovered paper is generally continuing to exceed production while the USA is reporting below-average generation levels ahead of... more Mill scrap buying remains subdued With the nickel price significantly lower, 304 scrap has dropped from US$ 2530-2580 per tonne at the time of our previous report to US$ 2150-2200, whi... more MiSlide takes a load off your mind A-Ward of New Zealand has followed up its development of the MiTilt container tilter some five years ago with the launch of a container loading soluti... more More positives than negatives The course of any market rarely runs smoothly, and so it has proved for ferrous scrap since the previous BIR Convention in October last year. In gener... more BIR meets in Singapore | ‘Another jewel in the BIR crown’ Healthy crowds gathered in the main meeting room and extensive exhibition area - as well as in the Shangri-La Hotel lobby - as the BIR world recycling... more Golden times for copper? In Singapore, the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division meeting departed from tradition as the bulk of the morning’s proceedings were dedicated to a sympo... more Europe losing market share in China The shift in international raw material flows over recent years was brought into sharp focus in Singapore where leading Asian recovered paper importer... more Records and roller-coaster rides The stainless steel market of late-2010 and early-2011 was described in Singapore as a ‘roller-coaster’. And despite the fact that many experts ar... more China opens gate to PET bottle imports China’s Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has issued licences to four of the country’s recycling facilities... more Wise words We all have our own personal philosophies that guide us through our lives: one of mine is never to get in line at the bank behind a person wearing a s... more Electronic scrap shredder takes care of business On the face of it, the concept of ‘gentle’ shredding appears to be a contradiction in terms. However, German engineering firm Erdwich Zerkleinerun... more Ghana’s WEEE policy vacuum The waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) industry in Ghana is vibrant and growing at an amazing rate year on year. Indeed, there are many ... more