Non-ferrous metals

Metal recycling is central to resource security and climate neutrality. To support operators, recycling professionals and decision-makers with knowledge worldwide, Steinert is launching the Metal Recycling Keynote. This new 45-minute online format provides concise, structured insight into three essential technology areas as ZORBA, Aluminium and Steel scrap.

A new report from researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, commissioned by the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), has found that restrictions to British scrap steel exports – currently being considered by government – endanger thousands of jobs and hamper the economic output of the metals recycling industry by billions.

A growing fleet of Steinert sorting equipment has allowed Mid-Atlantic region recycling firm Conservit to upgrade material and expand its service menu.

Bernhard is the first of four new recycling furnaces with which Speira is upgrading the plants in Grevenbroich and Töging, replacing ageing units with state-of-the-art systems.

The tectonic shift in stainless steel production over recent years has created severe challenges — particularly for many producers, and their suppliers, based in Europe. This was one of the clear messages to emerge from the latest meeting of BIR’s Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee, held in Valencia on May 27.

As part of the EU-funded HyInHeat project, the aluminium recycling and rolling group has successfully converted a melting furnace with a capacity of 1.5 tonnes to hydrogen operation. Initial tests with various scrap types show promising results with no impact on melt quality.

Tomra Recycling has expanded its portfolio of advanced metals recycling with a groundbreaking AI-based solution to upgrade wrought aluminum scrap.

The BIR and EuRIC acknowledge the European Commission’s publication of the European Steel and Metals Action Plan yesterday. As global and European representatives of the recycling industry, we appreciate the Commission’s efforts to support the competitiveness and sustainability of Europe’s metals sector.

Japanese metal recycler Matec has recently commissioned one of the world’s most advanced processing plants for shredder residue from end-of-life vehicles (ASR) in Tomakomai, near Sapporo. This plant is the largest of its kind in the country, with an annual throughput of 30,000 tonnes. Matec relies on sorting technologies from Steinert to efficiently separate different material streams.

Speira’s Recycling Services and SMS group have announced their strategic partnership to set new operational standards by implementing state-of-the-art digitalization technologies from SMS group for scrap handling at the customer’s sites in Töging am Inn, Grevenbroich, and Deizisau.

The latest report by Metal Packaging Europe and European Aluminium shows that the overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland was 75% (74.6%).