Non-ferrous metals
Heraeus Precious Metals enters hydrogen business
| Heraeus Precious Metals has announced the establishment of a new dedicated Business Line, Hydrogen Systems, effective 1 January 2024.
Metales Bolueta recycles non-ferrous metals with Steinert technology
| Metales Bolueta is a family-run business, founded in 1980 and is based near Bilbao, Spain.
Cronimet expands cooperation with Finnish stainless-steel producer
| Cronimet and Outokumpu are further expanding their strategic partnership.
New study reveals environmental benefits of increased global aluminium can recycling
| Improvements to beverage can recycling practices in six countries around the world could help to reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 60 million metric tons by 2030, according to a new study commissioned by Crown Holdings and the International Aluminium Institute (IAI).
Aluminium recycling in Brasil
| Latasa Reciclagem, part of the ReciclaBR Group, is recognized as a pioneer and point of reference for aluminium recycling in Brazil.
Metso introduces full offering for battery minerals production and recycling
| With the recent launch of the battery black mass recycling process, Metso now offers complete processes and services for battery minerals production – from minerals extraction to refined battery chemicals and end-of-life battery black mass recycling.
Norway’s largest metal recycler trusts in Steinert sorting systems
| The Norwegian company Metallco AS collects and sorts all types of scrap metal and turns the collected raw materials into new aluminium in its in-house smelting plant.
Cronimet Group with record sales in 2022
| The Cronimet Group reports record sales of EUR 4.1 billion for the fiscal year 2022 and has again exceeded its operating profit of 2021 by approximately 10%.
New raw materials roadmap announced for Europe
| EIT RawMaterials and the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) have released a roadmap that, if followed and given an investment of at least €15bn, could supply many of the EU’s raw materials needs by 2030 and beyond.
BIR: Under-threat European stainless steel industry “no longer cost-competitive”
| Early 2023 had brought an improvement in market conditions for Europe’s stainless steel sector following the low demand suffered in 2022, reported BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee Chairman Joost van Kleef of Oryx Stainless in his opening comments to the body’s latest meeting in Amsterdam on May 22.
BIR: Environmental issues are global and require a collective solution
| “Over the last two or three years, more and more countries have begun to look at raw material security,” observed BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division President Dhawal Shah of India-based Metco Ventures LLP in addressing the body’s latest meeting, held in Amsterdam on May 22.
Birmingham to become UK’s first centre for rare earth magnet recycling
| Rare earth recycling company HyProMag, which was formed by researchers from the University of Birmingham’s School of Metallurgy and Materials, is to be acquired by Maginito.
New metal sorter from Redwave
| The Redwave RF fine sorting machine can detect and sort a blend of non-ferrous metals starting from a size of 4 mm, to produce products such as pure copper, brass, zinc and precious metal fractions.
Maximum aluminium purity for the Circular Economy
| In order to conserve resources, we need to reuse raw materials as often as we can.
