'Shake-up' of global PE film market
Teaser Text: Shale gas developments in the USA will significantly impact growth in polyethylene (PE) film usage as well as global trade in finished film, according to a new study from AMI Consulting....
View ArticleWSA: steel demand growth to be 'slightly lower' in 2014
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Global apparent steel use will increase by 3.1% to 1.527 billion tonnes this year following growth of 3.6% in 2013, the World Steel Association (WSA) forecasts in its...
View ArticleBIR Paper Mirror April 2014
Top-News: No Teaser Text: The following article is based on the latest Paper World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling organisation for the benefit of its members. For most recovered paper...
View ArticleBIR Ferrous World Mirror May 2014
Top-News: No Teaser Text: The following article is based on the latest Ferrous World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling organisation for the benefit of its members. The steel scrap recycling...
View ArticleUpsurge for recovered paper market
Top-News: No Teaser Text: The manufacturing economies of China and other emerging countries will ensure steady demand growth for paper packaging, according to research firm Smithers Pira. 'In fact,...
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Uncovering the post-vehicle value in lithium-ion batteries
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: The number of available post-vehicle-application lithium-ion batteries will range from a minimum of 1.376 million to an 'optimistic' 6.759...
View ArticleFerrous prices find solid support
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Recycling International's latest ferrous scrap market report indicates that prices improved slightly between mid-June and the end of July, by which point shipments from...
View ArticleShipping carriers facing half-year losses
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Losses are likely to be posted by the majority of shipping carriers for the first half of 2014 - with the exception of a few Chinese companies, according to two analysts...
View ArticleCapesize rates rebound at last
Top-News: No Teaser Text: While conditions have not been good in the dry bulk market since the second half of 2013, capsize rates ended week 33 of this year at US$ 15 561 per day to record a...
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Tepid trading dents stainless scrap prices
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Traders have been complaining of particularly dull business conditions of late, with an absence of demand from mills helping to trim stainless...
View ArticleUS phone recycling industry 'poised for growth'
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Revenues for the US mobile phone recycling industry will see a notable increase until at least 2019, says a new report from IBISWorld. The sector will be supported by an...
View ArticleSteep fall in stainless scrap values
Top-News: No Teaser Text: Heading into the final quarter, incoming order volumes remain largely unsatisfactory for stainless steel mills and demand for scrap is expected to remain low for the...
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Redux first to get a recycling efficiency 'grade'
Top-News: No Teaser Text: While appliances such as refrigerators have long been classed according to energy efficiency, the same type of ranking can now be applied to recycling plants. A special...
View ArticleAutomotive battery market to top US$ 42 billion
Top-News: No Teaser Text: The global automotive battery market will have a projected value of US$ 42.6 billion by 2019, says a new report from consulting firm TechSci Research. Factors driving this...
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Tribogenics offers 'affordable' XRF handheld
Category: independent Teaser-Picsquare (4z3): Teaser Text: US firm Tribogenics has premiered a 'breakthrough' in XRF technology for metal alloy identification – the Watson XRF – priced at only US$9...
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PET consumption to exceed 20 million tonnes by 2021
Top-News: No Teaser-PicsTeaser-Bild 4z3: Teaser Text: Global annual consumption of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging is forecast to reach 20.8 million tonnes in five years from now,...
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Industry's viability jeopardised by low prices
March 2016Country: MARKET ANALYSIS: Ferrous Author: Ian Martin Another month, another ferrous scrap price drift - with current levels prompting experts to voice concern over the sector’s economic...
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A market without momentum
March 2016Country: MARKET ANALYSIS: Nickel & Stainless Author: Gerhard Teborg et al Compared to the prices noted in our report of mid-January, 304 stainless steel scrap has seen an increase from...
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Scrap still proving elusive
March 2016Country: MARKET ANALYSIS: Non-Ferrous Author: Ralf Schmitz et al Despite the fact that prices of many non-ferrous metals are now significantly higher than they were at the time of our...
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Injection of buying interest
March 2016Country: MARKET ANALYSIS: Paper Author: Melvin de Groot et al OCC prices have been holding up well in the international marketplace, not least because of stable purchasing by the Chinese...
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