Red Metals
BIR Convention: Nonferrous trading adjusts with the circumstances
How collected nonferrous scrap is processed before it is traded has changed, but the material still finds an end market.
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Tomra Finder Color targeted to metals sorting
The sorting technology provider says its latest Finder device can sort red metals, stainless steel and other mixed metals and alloys streams.
Aurubis lands EU funding
The metals producer says the more than $200 million loan will help it upgrade production in Hamburg, Germany, and in Bulgaria.
Analyzing, radiation detection combination available to recyclers
Technology provider Thermo Scientific says its Niton-branded hand-held analyzers pair well with its radiation detection offerings.
Aurubis invests in emissions control in Germany
The recycled-content metals producer says a new steam accumulator system in Lünen, Germany, will reduce CO2 emissions by some 5,000 tons annually.
Doctor Scrap reports widespread app adoption
The California-based firm says its Doctor Scrap trading app is seeing increased activity in North America and overseas.
Sicon EcoShred Wiretec designed to recover metal from ICW
The technology provider’s Wiretec system can separate nonferrous metal from wire coatings in shredded insulated copper wire streams and assist in zorba fines sorting.
Copper exchange price disparity retreats in August
Analyst John Gross says the gap between Comex and London Metal Exchange pricing has narrowed but responding inventory shifts remain in place.
Midsummer sees flurry of scrap theft alerts
The Recycled Materials Association has alerted members to at least eight metals theft incidents since mid-July.
Aurubis reports diminished profit picture
The nonferrous metals producer and recycler cites “robust earnings from copper products” as contributing to its current fiscal year results, which remain profitable.
Trump copper tariff includes potential scrap export restrictions
A White House fact sheet says the Commerce Department should examine whether 25 percent “of high-quality copper scrap produced in the United States [should] be sold in the United States.”
