UK scrap yard reopens

The Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom-based John Lawrie Group (JLG) has reopened a scrap metal recycling facility in Shetland, Scotland, following its acquisition the firm in December 2017.

Along with acquiring the site, JLG indicates it obtained both a waste management license from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and a metal dealers’ license from Shetland Islands Council.

The facility is equipped to support the oil and gas decommissioning sector in the area, as well as local metal recycling requirements, according to JLG. Formerly owned by 60 North Recycling, the reopened facility will bring John Lawrie Group’s processing capacity to around 225,000 metric tons of ferrous and nonferrous scrap per year.

With the reopening of the site, the company will be relocating some equipment, including a material handler, to the site. The company also is in the process of purchasing additional equipment for the site.

JLG has three divisions providing metal recycling and reprocessing, decommissioning and steel tubular services to the oil and gas, construction and utility sectors in both the U.K. and the United States. In the U.S. John Lawrie has operations in Houston.

The acquisition is JLG’s first purchase since it was acquired by its management in partnership with two investment firms in late November 2017.

“The commitment of its senior management team has made John Lawrie the industry leader it is today,” says Vic Sinclair, CEO of JLG. “We enter this exciting new era as a financially strong, ambitious business backed by new investors who will help us drive further organic growth in both the U.K. and the United States across all three of our divisions. We also intend to pursue new markets including through acquisitions in this partnership with [investment firms] Rubicon and Grovepoint.”