BIR Global eForum: Holding onto hope in the nonferrous sectorBIR Global eForum: Holding onto hope in the nonferrous sector
Supply and demand for nonferrous scrap have been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, panelists during a Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Global eForum session expressed hope that China’s r ...
Para el BIR, enfrentamos un tiempo para la “tolerancia, comprensión y paciencia”
Esas son las conclusiones del Global eForum Global de BIR El primer Global eForum Global de BIR comenzó el 2 de junio con Spotlight on Trade, que ofrecía un análisis oportuno del impacto práctico de ...
Non-Ferrous Metals: Scrap traders anticipate boost from China
Metal prices will struggle to maintain current levels as the true economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic begins to emerge, it was suggested at the Non-Ferrous Metals commodity session of the BIR Gl ...
Harsh reality to check metal prices, market hears
Base metals are overpriced, with a sharp downward correction likely when the full economic impacts of Covid-19 and souring international trade relations become apparent, traders heard during a webina ...
A time for “forbearance, understanding and patience”
BIR’s first-ever Global eForum started on June 2 with the Spotlight on Trade, which offered a timely analysis of the practical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the recycling industry worldwide. The ...
US dollar safe haven loss may spell more metals price volatility
London — The US dollar, typically used for pricing metals, is no longer considered a safe haven for investors and this could mean more price volatility in metals, including scrap, moving forward, a c ...
Focus shifts back to China as Covid-19 crisis fades
Recycling industry insiders expect that China will play a key role in markets for secondary raw materials in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But perhaps it will be a different role than before ...
What next after Covid-19?
Recyclers who have learned to cope with running businesses during the coronavirus pandemic are now trying to assess how markets for secondary materials will develop in a post-virus world. This challe ...
Global container shortage over, say metal recyclers
A global shortage of shipping containers that massively disrupted the trading of containerised ferrous scrap during the spring is over, leading recyclers at an industry webinar said yesterday. Contai ...
Global container shortage over, say metal recyclers
A global shortage of shipping containers that massively disrupted the trading of containerised ferrous scrap during the spring is over, leading recyclers at an industry webinar said yesterday. Contai ...
BIR Global eForum: Supply plummet is biggest disruptor
When the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) International Trade Council convened a panel of nearly a dozen traders and recyclers on June 2 for a webinar, there was agreement that ...
Cash flow a ‘widespread concern’ as business picks up
China is steadily opening up its markets and recycling companies are achieving operating rates of between 30% and 70%, reports the Bureau of International Recycling in its latest global markets updat ...
