ISRI Roundtable Attendees Gather in Chicago

Metals traders and scrap processors from throughout North America are on their way to Chicago for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Commodities Roundtable Forum.

The annual event takes place Sept. 21 and 22, offering four sessions covering specific recycling markets, with the ferrous scrap and copper/brass roundtables on Weds., Sept. 21 and the aluminum and electronic scrap roundtables on Thurs., Sept. 22.

Among the speakers at the Ferrous Roundtable are securities analyst Michelle Applebaum of MA Research Inc., Highland Park, Ill., and John Harris from Mittal Steel NA’s Chicago office. The roundtable is being moderated by Frank Goulding of Newell Recycling of Atlanta.

The Copper/Brass Roundtable on Wednesday afternoon is being moderated by Michael Friedman of Waste and Scrap Inc., Louisville, Ky. Among the speakers will be Megan Hovey of Refco LLC’s Hudson, Ohio, office and Richard Rifkin of OmniSource Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Thursday morning roundtable focuses on aluminum, with speakers including Uday Patel of CRU Ltd., London; Frank Weissert of Behr Aluminum, Rockford, Ill.; Gary Wygant of Novelis Corp. (formerly Alcan Rolled Products), Cleveland; and moderator Andy Dorfman of State Metal Industries, Camden, N.J.

On Thursday afternoon the attention turns to electronic scrap, with a session moderated by ISRI Director of Governmental and International Affairs Eric Harris. Those interested in electronics recycling can also attend a tour of United Recycling Industries facilities in the Chicago area on Thursday morning.

The ISRI Commodities Roundtable Forum takes place at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. More information on the event can be found at www.isri.org.