Western Metals Recycling Opens New Mexico Recycling Facility

Western Metals Recycling (WMR) has opened its newest scrap metal recycling facility. The new site, located in Albuquerque, N.M., is adjacent to the company’s U-Pull-&-Pay (UPAP) used auto parts retail store.

The WMR facility sits on a portion of UPAP’s property, which comprises more than 50 acres in an unincorporated part of the county. WMR and UPAP are wholly owned by The David J. Joseph Co., (DJJ) a subsidiary of Nucor Corp.

Processing activities at the new facility will include shearing, baling, sorting ferrous and nonferrous scrap, industrial account servicing, light demolition and mobile site work and cleanup.

WMR, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, operates eight processing facilities in the western United States. DJJ, under its various divisions, operates nearly 60 scrap processing and mill service facilities, along with seven UPAP stores.

The opening of the New Mexico facility is the first part of a two-part plan for the site, WMR says. The second phase of the project will enhance the processing activities presently available with the addition of an auto shredder. The company has not yet announced a schedule for the second phase.

According to a press announcement, the expansion plan is consistent with DJJ’s strategy of strengthening its existing footprint in the scrap processing industry, while taking advantage of vertical integration within the company and the ancillary benefits of being located next to a UPAP store. Upon completion of second phase of WMR’s project, autos from WMR’s UPAP location will be processed by the company’s auto shredder in Albuquerque.