La industria global del reciclaje reclama ayudas financieras « inmediatas » para evitar cierres
Tras su reciente Convención Mundial en Dubai, la Oficina Internacional del Reciclaje (BIR) ha expresado su preocupación por el efecto de la actual crisis energética y del coste de la vida en la ...
Global scrap traders warn of downturn in prices
Demand for stainless steel scrap is low with suppliers looking to markets in Asia for new demand, the Bureau of International Recycling heard at its Dubai convention. Omar Al Sharif, of the Sharif ...
BIR Autumn 2022: Middle East hosts rising plastic recycling investments
The United Arab Emirates has set targets for recycling of resins beyond PET; plastics sector in Europe ailing from energy costs. Speakers at the Plastics Committee meeting at the Bureau of ...
BIR told global paper prices have plummeted
Demand for old corrugated cardboard (OCC) has plummeted leaving high stocks at paper mills, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has heard. At its World Recycling Convention in Dubai, paper ...
BIR Autumn 2022: Energy markets fuel paper mill turmoil
The profitability of papermaking in 2022 has been tied to recovered paper and affordable energy supplies. Reduced energy supplies in Europe have caused once profitable paper mills to face entirely ...
BIR Autumn 2022: Transformational change in the Middle East
Primary metals producers in the region are tapping into scrap as a way to meet decarbonization targets. Primary producers of nonferrous metals in the Middle East region increasingly are using ...
Like the sword of Damocles, the energy crisis hangs over the global recycling scene
Steep fall in Turkish steel scrap imports, India seeing ‘exponential growth’
Ferrous markets have seen major shifts in the past year with EU steel production declining, Turkish production and steel scrap imports also down, and a contrasting growth in Indian scrap buying, ...
Regulatory hurdles could hobble e-scrap trade, BIR panelists say
Looming changes in export regulations could have a signifi cant impact on electronics scrap(e-scrap) markets at a time of soaring interest in battery recycling, panelists said at thisweek’s Bureau ...
Energy crisis, soaring inflation hurt European scrap processor margins
Soaring energy prices and borrowing costs in Europe are quickly eroding metal scrapprocessors' margins, with the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) now focusing onquantifying the impact and ...
