Ferrous: How is the ferrous market likely to play out in the coming months?
BIR Global eForum – June 2020
From 2 to 23 June 2020, BIR organised a series of 11 online commodity sessions. We extend our special thanks to the BIR division presidents and committee chairmen, session moderators, speakers, panelists, and to our 1470 online participants!
Check out below the full video archives of our expert-led webinars from the first-ever BIR Global eForum. Free for all BIR members! Please login in to watch the recordings./p>
Stocks could take “18 to 24 months” to return to normal levels The textiles recycling industry has entered “a critical stage”, according to BIR Textiles Division President Martin Böschen of ...
Renewed threat to crumb rubber use as infill in sports pitches impeccable timing, the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee hosted its first-ever eForum on the day after a high-level committee called for use ...
Dramatically altered landscape for stainless steel and nickel The COVID-19 pandemic had presented the stainless steel scrap industry with “a lot of difficulties and challenges”, reported BIR ...
Demand-pull measures crucial to recycling industry’s survival Demand for recycled plastics has been “very weak”, “huge” stocks are overhanging the market and many companies are struggling with “a ...
BIR survey to shed light on top safety hazards within shredder operations The BIR Shredder Committee was “very excited” about its first-ever membership survey into shredder-related incidents and ...
Substantially higher scrap use “the first logical step” to greener steelmaking The ferrous scrap industry “has great long-term prospects” given the increasingly sharp focus on “green” steelmaking, ...
Recycling industry is strategic, essential and intrinsically resource-efficient In a wide-ranging review of legislative developments affecting the recycling industry, BIR Trade & Environment ...
Pandemic takes a heavy toll on supply Technology is playing a vital role in nursing the world through the current pandemic, not least by enabling businesses to continue to function through ...
Scrap traders anticipate a boost from China’s new import policy Metal prices will struggle to maintain current levels as the true economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic begins to emerge, it was ...
A time for “forbearance, understanding and patience” BIR’s first-ever Global eForum started on June 2 with the Spotlight on Trade, which offered a timely analysis of the practical impact of the ...
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