Europe scrap export restriction concerns intensify
23 May 2022
Argus Media
Concerns over the scope of EU proposals to restrict scrap metal exports have intensified sharply in recent weeks in response to a more aggressive lobbying approach by the trading bloc's steelmakers ...
BIR adds deputy director for trade and environment
16 May 2022
Recycling Today
Alev Somer will work with Ross Bartley on global recycling trade and environmental policy. The Bureau of International Recycling, Brussels, has hired Alev Somer as its new deputy director for trade ...
The huge jump in nickel prices in early March and the response of the London Metal Exchange was ‘a harrowing experience’ which widened the trust deficit between the exchange and physical markets, ...
To grow the circular economy, free trade of scrap needed: BIR
22 March 2022
Platts
As global steelmakers face the challenge of reducing or even eliminating their carbon emissions, they must have access to freely traded scrap to supportthe switch from basic-oxygen furnace based ...
BIR Interview Platts.pdf
Celebrating ladies in scrap: Susie Burrage
08 March 2022
Recycling International
Industries around the globe celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March. This is a great opportunity for the recycling sector to shine a spotlight on its female entrepreneurs with UK-based Susie ...
"Il faut que les gouvernements interviennent et s’assurent que les plastiques soient recyclables"
03 March 2022
La Libre
Le projet de traité international sur le plastique a été adopté ce mercredi par l'Assemblée des Nations Unies pour le Climat. Ross Bartley, directeur du commerce et de l'environnement du Bureau ...
BRUXELLES (MPE-Média) – After the great success of the sold-out edition of Bureau International of Recycling (BIR) Global Trading Forum in Brussels, which has left a permanent impression on all ...
Why is Recycling neglected in the fight to preserve the planet’s Green capital?
23 February 2022
Brunton Publications
The Global Recycling Foundation is calling for recycling to be recognised as an essential weapon in preserving the planet’s green capital. Speaking in London, Ranjit Baxi, founder of the Global ...
UK non-ferrous metals traders are “optimistic” about 2022 despite concerns about increased legislation, according to a representative of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR). The ...
‘Fingers crossed’ as global scrap scene prepares to meet again
11 January 2022
Recycling International
The Bureau of International Recycling will hold its 2022 conventions in Barcelona and Dubai, the world recycling organisation’s director general Arnaud Brunet confirms in his New Year message. ‘We ...
The Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has selected Barcelona and Dubai as the host cities for its May and October 2022 conventions, respectively. According to updates posted to ...
EU scrap exports to China halted amid no consensus on 'waste' regulation
29 November 2021
Fastmarkets
Scrap metal shipments have been halted from European Union countries to China following a lack of regulatory consensus between the parties on what constitutes 'waste' and 'recyclable raw materials', ...