BIR IN THE PRESS
China leads global steel scrap consumption growth
Higher pollutant emission standards for China's steel industry continued to drive the country's steel scrap usage for steel production higher in the first six months of this year. Chinese steel scrap ...
Tom Bird: recycling sector needs image building
The Bureau of International Recycling is to be the ‘go-to’ source for those needing to know about the recycling industry, according to the organisation’s president Tom Bird. In his first welcome addr ...
BIR World Recycling Convention: Trade issues continue to affect ferrous scrap flows
Obstacles to free trade also affect sustainability, says Viktor Kovshevny of the Russian recycling association Ruslom. Viktor Kovshevny of the Russian recycling association Ruslom, Moscow, addressed ...
BIR urges recognition of value of ‘scrap’ over 'waste'
Bureau of International Recycling supports proposal from Chinese processors of imported secondary materials... (article behind a paywall)
BIR’s new President places emphasis on education
In his first Convention welcome address as President of BIR, Tom Bird set out the key priorities for his term in office, including membership expansion and a close working relationship with the media ...
BIR 2019: Europe oversupplied with non-ferrous scrap with sellers eager to offload
The European non-ferrous scrap market is oversupplied and sellers at this week’s Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) conference in Hungary were eagerly approaching buyers in the hope of offloadin ...
BIR 2019: Chinese government ‘partly approves’ proposal to rename copper, aluminium scrap – sources
A proposal by China’s metal recycling lobby group to rename copper scrap and aluminium scrap, and set out a new definition for copper recyclable raw materials has been partly approved by two key gove ...
Turkey, China changing global scrap dynamics
Turkey and China, both key scrap consumers, and free trade emerged as hot topics at the Bureau of International Recycling's (BIR) 2019 World Recycling Convention in Budapest, Hungary, at the kick-off ...
Russian recyclers object to scrap export ban
Russian scrap metal exporters are at a loss after the country's government reneged on a plan to implement an export quota in lieu of an outright ban, bringing its international trading to a halt. The ...
Scrap execs unconcerned by Turkey tariffs
US President Donald Trump’s decision to double the Section 232 tariff on steel imports from Turkey is not expected to have a significant impact on the US ferrous scrap market or to give other exporti ...
Le Bureau international du recyclage à Budapest
Ouverte par son président Tom Bird et son directeur général Arnaud Brunet, la convention d'automne du Bureau International du Recyclage (BIR) réunit plusieurs centaines de professionnels du recyclage ...
BIR 2019: BIR supports China’s move to rename ‘scrap’ metal, seeks clarity on classification at Nov meeting
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) will advocate for a Chinese proposal to discard the term "scrap" by officially renaming certain copper scrap products as "recyclable copper raw materials", ...
