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• Tyres Committee: Energy recovery from ELTs is growing quickly
  
• Tyres Committee: Energy recovery from ELTs is growing quickly
  Tyres Committee: Energy recovery from ELTs is growing quickly Latest figures from the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) indicate that a mere 5-6% of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) arising within the EU-27, Switzerland and Norway were destined for landfill in 2008. However, energy recovery from ELTs is growing more quickly than material recovery from the same source, the BIR Tyres Committee meeting in Istanbul was informed by its Chairman Barend Ten Bruggencate of the Neth...
• Textiles Division: Over-optimism not appropriate
  Textiles Division: Over-optimism not appropriate The textiles recycling sector should guard against over-optimism and pay even closer attention to prompt payment given the current squeeze on margins, Olaf Rintsch of Textil Recycling K&A Wenkhaus GmbH in Germany urged the BIR Textiles Division in his capacity as President. Speaking in Istanbul, he expressed particular concern at the debt crisis currently afflicting many parts of Europe. Subsequent reports mirrored this sense of unease. For ex...
• Plastics Committee: Europe should monitor its dependence on China
  Plastics Committee: Europe should monitor its dependence on China Europe’s plastics scrap recyclers had become “over-reliant” on exports to China and should make efforts to address this “serious” issue, the BIR Plastics Committee meeting in Istanbul was warned by Surendra Borad of Belgium-based Gemini Corporation NV. “If the Chinese plastics market sneezes, we get a cold; if the Chinese get a cold, we develop fever; if the Chinese get a fever, then we develop pneumonia,” he said. R...
• Paper Division: China to reduce recovered paper imports
  Paper Division: China to reduce recovered paper imports China is on course for a significant reduction in its imports of recovered paper this year, Paper Division President Ranjit Baxi of UK-based J & H Sales International explained at the latest Spring Convention in Istanbul. Having increased 13.9% to 27.5m tonnes last year, he expected the country’s import total to decline to between 25m and 26m tonnes in 2010. In the first quarter of the year, he noted, China bought in 6.367m tonnes of...
• BIR World Mirror Non-Ferrous 91, 06/2010
  BIR World Mirror Non-Ferrous 91, 06/2010 Our world has changed As I write this, I am looking at a market that has copper down over US$ 400 per ton, aluminum is down US$ 100 and nickel has declined over US$ 900 - and it isn't even lunchtime yet. We live in a world rife with panic; quick to react equally to rumor and fact; less responsive each month to the fundamentals of our business but succumbing to the intangible forces that serve to create both strong and weak markets. Our world and our busin...
• The Ferrous Industry ­- utmost challenging and far from boring!
  BIR Ferrous World Mirror 06/2010 The Ferrous Industry ­- utmost challenging and far from boring! Dear friends and colleagues, I would like to briefly address some aspects which came into my mind when preparing today's Ferrous Mirror.Apparent steel demand is forecast to grow by nearly 11% globally this year and by some 5-6 % next year.  This sounds good, although even in 2011, countries of the NAFTA region, Europe and Japan will only reach apparent steel consumptionvolumes equivalent to those d...
• BIR World Mirror Paper 04/2010
  BIR World Mirror Paper 04/2010 Strong demand The swing in business trends following the world’s emergence from recession became very noticeable at the start of 2010. Strong demand from Asia, and especially China, was accompanied by equally strong demand within Europe. The container shipping lines, which were projected to post losses of around US$ 20bn for 2009, continued their drive to increase basic freight rates and also started imposing new surcharges, examples of these being: BAF (bu...
• Stainless Steel
  Materials Stainless steel is an iron alloy that contains nickel and chromium to protect it against corrosion and rust. Also known as inox steel, this material is remarkably strong and resistant to high temperatures providing optimum performance under severe environmental and chemical conditions. Stainless steel’s inherent physical properties make it ideal for use in the construction, automotive and transportation sectors. Its versatility also makes it a popular material in household items suc...
• BIR reinforces its legal and regulatory monitoring in India and China
  BIR reinforces its legal and regulatory monitoring in India and China The Bureau of International Recycling is pleased to announce that, upon recommendation by the BIR Executive Committee, it has taken on the services of Bryan Cave International Trade Pte Ltd (BCIT) to provide legislative and regulatory intelligence with respect to the recovery and recycling of BIR commodities in China and India. Bryan Cave International Trade is a customs and trade consultancy that give clients the strategic an...