Steel Scrap Futures Exchange Created
Tuesday, June 23, 2009-- Chicago Climate Futures Exchange and World Steel Dynamics have jointly formed World Steel Exchange to list futures contracts initially for steel scrap. The contracts will trade and clear on CCFEfs internet-accessible trading platform and will be based on the SteelBenchmarker family of price indices and other indices....[<|>More]
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RMDAS Figures Show Ferrous Scrap Holding Steady
Monday, June 22, 2009-- Scrap processors and steel mill buyers bought and sold scrap in June at pricing nearly identical to the transactions that occurred in May....[<|>More]
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Ecovery Holding Open House for New Facility in Alabama.
Monday, June 22, 2009-- Ecovery LLC will be holding an open house on July 17th to celebrate its new facility, in Loxley, Ala. The open house will highlight the companys processing capabilities, as well as demonstrate and showcase some of the equipment the company will be available....[<|>More]
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Upbeat Outlook for Plastics Recycling
Monday, June 22, 2009-- Markets may be "in turmoil" at present but "a tremendous future" awaits plastics recycling, Surendra Borad of Belgium-based Gemini Corporation NV has predicted. Plastics scrap prices have been improving - partly on the back of the stockholding capacity of traders in Europe - and much of the negative sentiment of late last year now appears to have been "an over-reaction", he said. And the business is "booming" in some developing countries such as India where a number of new sorting plants are coming on stream....[<|>More]
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Liberty Tire Acquires Able Tire Co.
Monday, June 22, 2009-- Liberty Tire, one of the largest tire recycling companies in the country, has acquired Able Tire Co., based in Texas. The deal will merge the scrap tire markets in Texas and Oklahoma....[<|>More]
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Trial of scrap metal dealers cracks the lid open on industry's gritty operations
Saturday, June 20, 2009-- On Aug. 7, 1997, the owners of two Northeast Ohio companies involved in the gritty but lucrative scrap metal business met for breakfast at a Holiday Inn in Mayfield Heights. On one side of the booth sat Jack Weingold, baron of the local scrap industry, and his son-in-law and chief scrap buyer Loren Margolis. Across the table were Frank DeMilta, who started his company in 1981, and his brother-in-law and chief of operations, Ron Vaughn. Soon, a jury in U.S. District Court will decide whether the four men at that meeting conspired to cheat customers by agreeing not to compete against each other....[<|>More]
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DEP ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NITROGEN TIRE INFLATION GRANTS THROUGH AUGUST 28
Wednesday, June 17, 2009-- Encouraging motorists to check the pressure in their vehicles tires on a frequent basis, DEP Secretary John Hanger today announced the opening of the Nitrogen Tire Inflation System Grant program. Tires inflated with nitrogen can produce short- and long-term benefits through better fuel efficiency and improved tire wear, said Hanger....[<|>More]
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