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  Events Upcoming Events 2010 World Recycling Convention & Exhibition Istanbul, (30) 31 May - 2 June 2010 Istanbul is the only city in the world that bridges two continents. Its beauty lies in its ability to embrace the contradictions that bless it: ancient and modern, mythical and earthly, religious and secular, East and West. Elected joint European Capital of Culture 2010, this magical megacity understands trade and traders. One of the world’s natural meeting places... where everythi...
• Contact
  Contact   BIR Secretariat 24 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 1050 Brussels Belgium T: +32 2 627 57 70 F: +32 2 627 57 73 bir@bir.org Link to nearby Hotels  General Secretariat  Director General: Arnaud Brunet (FRA) bir@bir.org Trade & Environment Director: Ross Bartley (GBR) rbartley@bir.org Communications Director: Elisabeth Christ (DEU) echrist@bir.org Convention Manager: Cristina Munteanu (ROU) cmunteanu@bir.org Membership-Marketing Manager: Raïssa Wolteche (BEL) rwolteche@bir.o...
• BIR World Mirror on Recovered Paper - July 2015
  BIR World Mirror on Recovered Paper / Quarterly Report - July 2015 Ranjit Baxi, J&H Sales International Ltd International Markets with a focus on Asia We continue to trade under mounting geopolitical stresses, with failure to find an acceptable agreement between Greece and its creditors as well as increasing currency volatility following the strengthening of the US dollar and the weakening Euro.European economies continue to benefit from a combination of relatively low oil prices, a depreci...
• Steep increase in China's steel scrap usage and exports in 2017
  Steep increase in China's steel scrap usage and exports in 2017 by Rolf Willeke, BIR Ferrous Statistics Advisor  According to figures from China's  Association of Metalscrap Utilization (CAMU), China was the world’s biggest steel scrap user in 2017 after recording a steep 64.2% increase in its consumption to 147.9 million tonnes from 90.1 million tonnes in the previous year. The reason for this sharp increase is that the Chinese government instructed BOF mills to increase their scrap consum...
• Recent BIR World Recycling Convention in Amsterdam - Non-Ferrous Metals Division: “Resilient” recyclers can “reinvent” themselves
  Recent BIR World Recycling Convention (Round-Table Sessions) in Amsterdam (24-25 October 2016) Non-Ferrous Metals Division: “Resilient” recyclers can “reinvent” themselves Falling commodity prices, reduced scrap availability, uneven manufacturing growth, high regulatory costs and reduced overseas demand are just some of the challenges that have forced a restructuring of the scrap industry in the USA, pointed out Mark Lewon, President of Utah Metal Works and Chair of the US Institute of S...
• Provisional sequence of meetings
  2010 Autumn Round-Table Sessions Brussels - (24) 25 - 26 October 2010 - Sheraton Hotel Provisional schedule of meetings and other events Monday, 25th October 2010 09.30 Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Round-Table 11.00 Non-Ferrous Metals Round-Table 14.30 Paper Round-Table 15.00 Workshop on Arbitration 16.30 Textiles Round-Table 18.00 General Assembly 19.30 Welcome Evening   Tuesday, 26th October 2010 09.00 Ferrous Round-Table 11.00 International Environment Council 14.30 Plastics Round-Ta...
• Ferrous Metals
  MaterialsFerrous metals are mainly composed of iron and have magnetic properties. Steel, an iron alloy containing carbon, is by far the most-recycled material in the world. Total steel production in 2008 reached 1.3 billion tonnes, of which over 500 million tonnes were made from scrap metal. The most commonly recycled items are scrap from industrial processes, end-of-life products such as containers, vehicles, appliances, industrial machinery and construction materials.The use of scrap metal has...
• Global Recycling Foundation calls on the world to combat climate change by championing recycling
  
• BIR Miami Convention - Photos now available!
  Recent 2014 BIR World Recycling Convention & Exhibition, 2-4 June, Miami - Photos now available! During our last World Recycling Convention & Exhibition in Miami, an official photographer took some nice pictures of the Welcome Reception. These photos can be viewed here. The proceedings of the plenary sessions will also be available shortly!  
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  News & Press For press inquiries and interviews requests, please contact Elisabeth Christ, BIR Communications Director, on echrist@bir.org