Non-ferrous metals

Constellium has announced that it is in the advanced planning stages of an investment to increase its recycling capacity in Europe.

At the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division’s eForum in June this year, much of the debate had surrounded China’s proposed “recycled material” reclassification system covering brass, copper and cast aluminium alloy imports.

Team Stainless has published ‘The Global Life Cycle of Stainless Steels’, a summary of the results of a study which quantifies the stocks and flows cycle of stainless steels.

Several speakers stressed the need to invest now into the Circular Economy, during the European Aluminium web workshop on investing in better collection and sorting of used aluminium packaging for recycling.

On Saturday, 26 September 2020, China’s aluminum producer China Hongqiao and Scholz Recycling Group have agreed upon a joint venture to promote a circular and green aluminum route by setting up a Recycling Industrial Park in Binzhou, Shandong Province.

The 25th anniversary edition of ICBR innovated this year and proposed a unique experience for delegates to choose between attending in person or online. All presentations, panel discussion, and workshop were featured on-site and virtually for the delegates from around the globe.

From electric vehicles to solar panels, energy storage products are Europe’s way out of fossil fuels.

An innovative method for aluminium recycling has been boosted by research showing the microscopic changes that take place when molten alloys cool. 

From 2 to 23 June 2020, BIR organised a series of 11 online commodity sessions. 1470 members participated online. Now highlights and full video archives are available for all BIR members.

Geomega Resources and USA Rare Earth have announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to recycle rare earth-containing production waste from USA Rare Earth’s future production of sintered neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets (sintered neo magnets) in the United States.

Demand for aluminium has risen steadily over recent years and is predicted to increase further over the next two decades, with both the European car industry and construction industry likely to remain major end users of this highly versatile metal.