Steelmakers across Europe would be requiring increased quantities of scrap in their attempts to reduce the carbon footprint of their operations, stated Eric Niedziela, Chairman of ArcelorMittal ...
“Over the years, we have allowed stereotypical views of the industry to prevail and have sold ourselves short in terms of our importance,” stated BIR President Tom Bird in his address to the world ...
Latest figures underline the pivotal role played by recovered fibre in the production of paper and board globally. And yet major international flows of this vital raw material were under serious ...
Although recycling industry lobbying had helped to prompt some welcome changes to the draft text of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation revision, the proposal in its current form would still lead to ...
At the BIR Ferrous Division meeting today in Barcelona, Divisional President Denis Reuter emphasizes his great pleasure in announcing the release of the 13th edition of “World Steel Recycling in ...
Every external development - from the COVID pandemic to conflict in Ukraine and from higher energy costs to rising inflation - “has become a reason for hyper-volatility”, stated BIR Non-Ferrous ...
Witness in real time the special Convention edition of “The Challenge” - an exclusive live feed directly from the BIR World Recycling Convention in Barcelona. This “free-to-air to all” feature ...
Prices under pressure but still attractive The conflict in Ukraine, the increase in inflation across global markets and the uncertainty created by latest COVID restrictions in China have combined to ...
Demand for recovered paper has been really good in Europe during recent months owing to healthy order books at the paper mills, with the majority of them working at 100% capacity most of the time. ...
After the exceptional price and demand levels recorded in 2021, some in the paper recycling sector may have thought that 2022 could not possibly compete in terms of drama. But as we all should know ...
As pointed out at the BIR Textiles Division webinar last November, over half of the post-consumer textiles collected in the USA and Europe are reused but only 1% of the remainder is recycled into ...
If there is something certain about current times, it’s the feeling of being on the edge. Every event in this world is now a potent carrier of volatility and anxiety which can impact business and ...
