Mr Khurram Javaid is chief executive officer and director at Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd, one of Pakistan’s largest steel producers at 1.1 million tonnes (mt) and also one of Read more
Exponential Growth in Steel Making The five decade old Vietnamese steel industry has caught the attention of one and all in the steel sector with its spectacular growth over the past few Read more
“Chinese scrap has slowly and steadily started finding its way into the global scrap market. With the likely closure of scrap fed mills, the volume of scrap reaching the market will reach a Read more
As the New Year, 2016 dawned on the horizon; everyone had a great anticipation that unlike the nightmare of 2015, this New Year would be Great, Prosperous, Blissful, Healthy, Bright, and Read more
China has once again played its cards smartly today to devaluate its currency. You may ask me why? Well, currency devaluation is a desperate last minute move to boost growth that Read more
Are you confused to sort out the waste problem and need ground breaking ideas on how to deal with it? Are you looking to make money as well? There’s a huge amount of waste being generated in Read more
How To Recover Tungsten Carbide From Tungsten Carbide Scrap? We are going to discuss particularly about recovering tungsten carbide from its scrap by a method called, “selective Read more
In a sudden jerk, due to the new change brought about by the global industry body Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the metallic scrap recyclers in India are in a real water tight Read more
Heavy metals scrap export in Antigua has been barred by the government for around 2 months from 12th November, 2012. Copper trade has also been banned. Hence the traders should wait for at Read more
As per the survey made on 5th November 2012, the prices of copper scrap grades 122 and 110 cut short by 1.7%. Among the entire prices of Metal Miner in US, this price is noted as the largest Read more
As per the recent trade statistics made by Ministry of Finance in Japan, over 15,400 tones of scraps are imported to Japan trade market in September 2012, declining by 55.5pct YoY. During Read more
As per WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) recycling services, the trade market was estimated to be $1424.6 million in 2011. This is further expected to grow to $1869.3 million in the Read more
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Of the 5 million tonnes of plastics used per year a staggering 2.4 million tonnes is packaging. According to the Waste Resource Action Programme (WRAP), 1.7 million tonnes comes from households and the rest from commercial and industrial companies.
The UK has a plastic packaging recycling target of 57% by 2017. Plastics 2020 (a consortium of the British Plastics Federation (BPF), Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe) are committed to working in partnership across the whole value chain to help to meet the target.
In the 1850s, aluminium was more valuable than gold – aluminium was priced at $1,200 per kg and gold at $664 per kg.
The aluminium drink can is the most recycled drinks container on the planet. Every minute of every day, an average of 113,200 aluminium cans are recycled.
The scrap aluminum that are thrown away every month in the USA are enough to rebuild the entire American air fleet.
Each ton (2000 pounds) of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water. This represents a 64% energy savings, a 58% water savings, and 60 pounds less of air pollution!
The United States recycles enough copper every year to build 25,000 STATUES OF LIBERTY
If all the aluminium produced was used just for cans in the US, the cans would stretchg 25 MILLION MILES
Steel is the most recycled material in United States.The average amount of ferrous scrap recycled daily, would equal enough to build 25 EIFFEL TOWERS everyday of the year.