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METAL SCRAP
Copper: Recovering cables | | |
| | Till now recovering copper from cables was a difficult task. A new type of sorting technology promises to make the job simpler. A higher degree of sorting and high, customer-oriented product qualities are in great demand on metal and secondary raw materials markets. A large number of conventional treatment plants are not capable of supplying the required qualities. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
Recovering magnesium from waste products | | |
| | Last summer, a team of scientists succeeded in recovering pure magnesium from the residues and wastes resulting from magnesium processing by means of vaporisation and condensation. The personnel of the LKR, the Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen (light metal expertise centre), a subsidiary of the Austrian Research Centers, managed to implement this method. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
Aluminium recycling: “The threat is growing” | | |
| | OEA General Secretary Günter Kirchner on lightweight construction in the automotive industry, the quality trap and the pull from China and India. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
End-of-Life Vehicles: Scrappage bonus still a matter for debate | | |
| | The German federal government has again extended the scrappage bonus. The bonus for a new car buyer who has his or her car scrapped, provided it is at least nine years old, is now to be granted till the end of the year. There is, however, a certain amount of controversy regarding how much bonus should be paid after 31 May till the end of December. The federal government came to a decision right before Easter. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
Post-shredder technology: Light at the end of the tunnel | | |
| | Scholz AG conducted a large-scale test using its post-shredder technology on behalf of BMW. The centrepiece of the test, conducted at the Leipzig-Espenhain plant, was the post-shredder technology developed by Scholz AG. The object of the test was to ascertain whether and how it is possible to recycle all of the material from cars of the current generation. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
Aluminium: India counts on the time after the crisis | | |
| | Regardless of the current economic crisis, India sees an immense growth potential for the recycling of aluminium. By 2015 the demand for secondary aluminium is likely to increase to just under 900,000 tons, forecasted Vikram Jhunjhnuwala, the Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Century Aluminium Corporation, at the International Aluminium Recycling Congress in Berlin. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
“There is no lack of old catalytic converters” | | |
| | Decline in the prices of precious metals, financial crisis, bad news from the automotive industry: The catalytic converter recycling industry has to adapt itself to the new market conditions. But that happens "very slowly", says Andreas Tietz, CEO of ReMetall Drochow GmbH in an interview. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
Cuttings: Greater yield when remelting | | |
| | The Austrian plant equipment manufacturer Hertwich Engineering has developed a new process for remelting cuttings. The method is suitable for compensating the disadvantages of conventional processes such as low metal yield and the high cost of energy and handling. [more ...] |
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METAL SCRAP
Aluminium market: Keep calm | | |
| | The aluminium market is taking a real beating. But apart from the bad news on stock exchanges, positive signs can be seen all over the world. “The clouds of recession will disperse when the measures that the various countries are introducing start to take effect,” said conference head Ann-Marie Moreno at the beginning of the “International Aluminium Conference” that took place mid-November. [more ...] |
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