A carbon footprint assessment commissioned by the British Metals Recycling Association indicates that operational greenhouse gas emissions from the UK metals recycling sector could be reduced by up to 93 per cent by 2050.
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As one of Germany’s largest scrap dealers, Schrott Wetzel has been active in the recycling industry for several decades. At its Mannheim site, the company has reached a further stage in the development of its operational infrastructure.
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Feeding, sorting and dismantling are core processes in scrap recycling operations. At Kovosrot Group in Prague, these tasks are carried out using a Sennebogen 830 G material handler, which is deployed across a wide range of applications in the company’s scrap and metal recycling yard.
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Fujitsu has commenced a demonstration experiment examining the value flow of green steel within the steel industry, starting in December 2025. The project was selected by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as part of its fiscal year 2025 Industrial Research Project.
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Steel for Packaging Europe has announced a programme of activities to mark its 40th anniversary, centred on the publication of a new recycling status report.
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SMS group has completed the acquisition of selected Metso business units in Germany, India, China and Australia. The transaction covers technologies for sintering as well as travelling grate and straight grate pelletizing, together with CFB (Circulating Fluidized Bed) calcination.
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The European Commission has adopted the RESourceEU Action Plan to strengthen the EU supply of critical raw materials, including rare earth elements, cobalt and lithium.
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Metso has contributed the core process design and technology for Fortescue’s Christmas Creek Green Metal Project in the Pilbara, Western Australia, where installation of Metso equipment commenced in September 2025.
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The transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the day-to-operations of ferrous metal recyclers has been spelled out at BIR’s World Recycling Convention in Bangkok. AI was the theme of the Ferrous Division session on 28 October with the message that smaller businesses can gain as much as their bigger competitors.
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“Challenging” and “uncertain” were words used to describe the state of the global stainless steel markets at the BIR World Recycling Convention in Bangkok, Thailand.
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The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), representing the global recycling industry, has taken note of the European Commission’s new proposal for a regulation aimed at protecting the EU steel industry from the impacts of global overcapacity.
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