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Strategic Materials, Inc., North America’s largest glass recycler, today announced the expansion of its North American manufacturing footprint by opening a new, state-of-the-art glass processing plant in Delavan, Wisconsin.
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Novelis today reported net income of $307 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, compared to a net loss of $89 million in the prior year period. Excluding tax-affected special items in both years, the company reported net income of $78 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, up from $60 million reported in the second quarter of fiscal 2017.
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Plastics recycling charity, Recoup, promote and support the award aimed at recognising innovation and showcasing advances in plastics recycling.
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The International Copper Study Group released preliminary data for July 2017 world copper supply and demand in its October 2017 Copper Bulletin. The Bulletin is available for sale.
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The International Lead and Zinc Study Group held its Sixty-second Session in Lisbon, Portugal on 26-27 October 2017. The Session included a meeting of the Study Group’s Statistical and Forecasting Committee to review the current levels of world supply and demand for lead and zinc and the outlook for 2018.
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The economic environment of the European Copper Alloy Ingot Makers Industry did not changed essentially compared to the previous year. In the current year a little increase is expected compared to 2016. Herein the positive economic trend in Europe gives the sales a push.
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The Vinyl Council of Australia’s hospitals’ recycling program has been shortlisted in the Circular Economy category of the national Banksia Foundation Awards 2017.
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Demeto aims at enabling chemical de-polymerization of PET at industrial scale based on its microwave-based process intensification, focusing as a start on coloured bottles waste.
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Short news
Paul White has been selected by the members of the International Copper Study Group, the International Lead and Zinc Study Group and the International Nickel Study Group to serve as the new Common Secretary-General of the three Study Groups. The current Secretary-General, Don Smale, will retire from the position on 31 December 2017 and Mr White will assume his duties on 1 January 2018.
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On 24 October, the European Parliament adopted its final position on the CE marked fertilising products
Regulation. FEAD welcomes the decision of the European Parliament to maintain the limit value for lead as
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In May 2017, the European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) launched a European survey on the current and future use of recycled plastics materials (rPM) in the Europe’s plastics converting industry.
