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Kobe Steel to Form Aluminum JV in China
Posted on December 27th, 2011 No commentsThe Japanese steel company Kobe Steel Ltd. has signed a joint venture deal with the Chinese aluminum rolled products company Jiangsu ALCHA Aluminium Co
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Ups and Downs
Posted on December 14th, 2011 No commentsAfter 10 months of relatively stable pricing, some of the volatility that ferrous scrap processors and brokers had witnessed in other secondary commodities markets (but had avoided) began to affect them in November.
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Bane of Benefit?
Posted on November 21st, 2011 No commentsTwo U.S. financial services companies are looking to capitalize on the interest in the copper market by introducing exchange-traded funds (ETF) for the metal
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CMRA Forum: Don’t Waste That Scrap
Posted on November 11th, 2011 No commentsScott Horne, General Counsel, ISRI, speaks to
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CMRA Forum: Balancing Environment and Economy in China
Posted on November 11th, 2011 No commentsLi Xinmin, of China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), speaking to the audience.
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BIR Autumn Roundtables: Fiber Quality Concerns are in the Mix
Posted on October 28th, 2011 No commentsBureau of International Recycling (BIR) Paper Division President Ranjit Baxi of U.K.-based J&H Sales International has expressed concern that, for quality reasons, European recovered fiber exports to China are coming under increasing pressure from material supplied by other regions of the world. If China were to cut back on its imports, Europe was likely to be “the first to suffer,” Baxi told attendees of the BIR Paper Division meeting in Munich in October. Third-quarter GDP growth in China was the slowest in two years, Baxi also noted, calling it proof that even the world’s main driver of demand for recovered fibre has not been immune to the latest economic crisis.
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The Correction Begins
Posted on October 21st, 2011 No commentsIndex is based on 1982 averages prices as 100; Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics After months of concern about rapidly climbing recovered fiber prices, paper stock dealers are reporting that most grades have begun their long-expected corrections
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Softer Markets Ahead (Maybe)
Posted on September 14th, 2011 No commentsIndex is based on 1982 averages prices as 100; Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Paper stock markets continue to shine brightly through the end of the summer, though September may bring challenges. A number of paper stock dealers report that China is pushing back against continued higher old corrugated container (OCC) prices
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BIR Report
Posted on August 15th, 2011 No commentsShredder Committee Discusses Key Issues at BIR Spring Convention During the Shredder Committee Meeting held during the Bureau of International Recycling’s (BIR) World Recycling Conference in Singapore in mid-May, the panel of speakers outlined recent progress toward increasing the recovery of nonferrous fractions from the shredder process as well as maximizing material value. During the session, Olivier Fran
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Nonferrous Scrap, China
Posted on August 10th, 2011 No commentsCopper fluctuated around $9,000 in June amid news creeping from home and abroad such as the debt problems in euro zone, economic data from China, Europe and the United States and China’s moves to cool inflation.
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