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Baxi: 'International Day of Recycling' targeted for 2017
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The first-ever International Day of Recycling will be held in 2017 - at least, that's the ambition of Ranjit Baxi, president of the BIR world...
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Metal recyclers struggling through 'a very tough year'
Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: 2015 has been 'a very tough year' in which the 'bad economic climate' has led to adverse effects on companies' budgets and employment plans, according to the...
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Plastic scrap imports: China begins two-month crackdown
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has begun a two-month action (running from November 1 to December 31) aimed at assisting the...
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India's scrap imports set to soar
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: India’s scrap imports are likely to double to around 10 million tonnes per annum as early as the year 2020, according to Sunil Barthwal, joint...
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ASR plastics 'an opportunity' but also a challenge
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Plastics in automotive shredder residue (ASR) represent 'a tremendous opportunity that requires further investigation and collaboration, it was...
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A bounce - but not a rebound
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Ferrous scrap prices have bounced off the floor - but not to levels that are getting anyone overly excited. Furthermore, there is persistent talk...
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Steel producers question China's market economy ambitions
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: As emphasised at the BIR's late-October world recycling convention in Prague, external pressure is mounting on China over its low-priced steel...
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Struggling through the toughest of tough times
November 2015Country: COVERSTORY Author: Ian Martin & Martijn Reintjes More than 850 hardy souls from 54 different countries converged on the historic Czech capital Prague in late October for the...
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Making the best of it
November 2015Country: BIR Prague Author: Ian Martin In the circumstances, Tom Bird of UK-based Mettalis Recycling did his best to be upbeat in the global scrap market analysis he presented to the BIR...
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Baxi: Recycling 'crucial' for the planet
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The carbon dioxide emission savings gleaned from recycling are substantial and 'on the rise', the BIR world recycling organisation has insisted....
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China using more using primary and refined grades instead of scrap
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: At the 2015 Annual Convention of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metals Branch (CMRA) held in early November, it...
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BIR Paper World Mirror January 2016
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: An upturn in domestic collections of recovered paper within the major buying regions of Asia has served to keep a lid on export prices to those...
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BIR president urges India to take centre stage over recycling
Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The BIR will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Metal Recycling Association of India (MRAI) in its campaign to promote recycling across the country, the world...
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BIR Non-Ferrous World Mirror February 2016
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Changes have been mooted for AQSIQ licences covering imports of scrap into China, including most notably a proposal for licence validity to be...
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BIR Stainless Steel World Mirror February 2016
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The following article is based on the latest Stainless Steel & Special Alloys World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling organisation...
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Recycling Technology goes around the world
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The second edition of Recycling Technology - which will be published in October 2016 - is confidently expected to surpass the success of its...
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David Chiao: managing the non-ferrous kitchen
March 2016Country: INTERVIEW Author: Ian Martin When David Chiao was elected last year as president of the BIR non-ferrous metals division, he broke new ground by becoming the first person of Chinese...
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India building towards stronger recycling policy
March 2016Country: COUNTRY REPORT Author: Manfred Beck The Metal Recycling Association of India’s third international congress was held in Delhi in late January and attracted some 900 delegates. And...
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BIR Non-Ferrous World Mirror March 2016
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Labour costs have increased ‘very rapidly’ in China and some lower-end projects have moved to other developing countries in the region with wage...
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