Mexican metals recycler plans Texas investment

An Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexican company that processes nonferrous scrap in and currently makes brass and bronze ingots, reportedly is planning a significant investment across the border in Mission, Texas.

Reports from Texas Border Business and other regional outlets indicate Comercializadora Century Recycling has revealed plans to build a $50 million facility in Texas that will recycle aluminum.

Century Recycling’s CEO tells Texas Border Business the facility will have one or more furnaces to make secondary aluminum. The $50 million price tag and a workforce that will include engineers and technicians also points to the installation of recycled-content melt shop.

The report says Century Recycling will build a 98,000-square-foot automated facility that will employ about 70 people once operational, noting that construction is expected to begin January 2026 and operations targeted to begin by the end of next year.

Century Recycling CEO Mauricio Osorio tells Texas Border Business the south Texas region alone will not provide the new facility with the aluminum scrap intake it will require.

“We have to go countrywide, using the Port of Brownsville [Texas] to get the metal from the East Coast," he says. "We are looking to get scrap from the United States.”

Osorio says once installed, the furnace likely will operate around the clock to meet customer demand and to provide adequate return on investment for the melt shop.

On its website, Century Recycling indicates it buys numerous grades of aluminum, stainless steel and red metal scrap. The company also has an existing foundry division that makes bronze and copper ingots.