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• BIR expresses concern regarding unprofessional and unethical business practices
  Currentsituation on the international scrapmarkets:BIR expresses concernregarding unprofessional andunethical business practicesThe overall economic and financial crisis hasnot spared the international recycling industry. Moreover, thesituation is worsened by the unprofessional behaviour of some buyerswho completely ignore the terms of the contracts they signed some weeksago with their sellers.Since prices have dropped dramatically, somebuyers fail to pay their invoices or request substantial di...
• REACh Pre-Registration - EU Commission advice - Düsseldorf Convention
   REACh Pre-Registration - EU Commission advice - Düsseldorf ConventionThe European Commission reiterated in a letter sent out yesterday that there is a "need to pre-register recovered substances that have ceased to be waste".Thisadvice is in respect of the EU Regulation REACh and substances that aremanufactured in the EU or imported into the EU that have "ceased to bewaste". The deadline for Pre-Registration is by 1 December 2008.Different motivations for Pre-RegisteringThe legal motivationREA...
• Düsseldorf Convention: Ferrous Division guest speakers
  Two excellent guest speakers have confirmed their participation at the Ferrous Division plenary sessionDr Jost A. Massenberg, Member of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, will be giving a presentation on ThyssenKrupp’s strategies for the global steel markets.Dr Massenberg has been Executive Board Member of ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG since 1998. In the Executive Board of the new ThyssenKrupp Steel AG he is responsible for the Industry Business Unit, representing a sales volume of approxima...
• BIR Stainless Steel World Mirror October available
  By Michael G Wright, Chief Operating Officer, ELG Haniel GmbH,Chairman of the BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys CommitteeSTAINLESS STEEL PRODUCTION Global stainless steel production is expected to show year-on-year growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2008. This growth will be mainly a result of extremely low output in the second half of 2007. In reality, we are anticipating global production to be just below 30 million tonnes for 2008 as a whole.  At present, weak economic figur...
• Non Ferrous Mirror: Historic challenges
  Non-Ferrous Metals Division world-wide monthly market updateby Robert Stein,President of the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division,Alter Trading (USA)Historic challengesWhile the usual discussion every four years at this time in the United States centers around the effects the Presidential Election results will have on our business, that discourse has taken a distant second seat to recent economic news and the uncertainty and impact that recent actions by the US Department of Treasury and the Federal...
• BIR symbolically contributes to reduction of CO2 emissions – 3,500 oak trees planted in Sonien fo
  PRESSRELEASEFORIMMEDIATE RELEASEBrussels, 15 September 2008BIRsymbolically contributes toreduction of CO2 emissions – 3,500 oak trees planted in SonienforestOn theoccasion of its 60thanniversary, the Bureau of International Recycling BIR, the worldfederation of recycling industries, sponsored the plantation of 3,500oak trees in the Sonien forest, a 4,420-hectar forest that stretchesalong the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium. In thepresence of BIR President Dominique Maguin (FRA), the o...
• Düsseldorf Convention: over 500 registered delegates, registration list available for Gold Members
  Düsseldorf Convention: over 500 registered delegates, registration list available for Gold MembersSo far, over 500 delegates from 44 countries have registered for our upcoming convention in Düsseldorf on 30 and 31 October 2008. For Gold Members, the current list of participants is available on our website. If you plan to attend and want to secure a room in one of the two hotels recommended by BIR, we strongly recommend that you register at your earliest convenience....
• NF Mirror: Volatility keeping us alert
  Non-Ferrous Metals Division world-wide monthly market updateby Robert Stein, Alter Trading (USA, President of the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals DivisionVolatility keeping us alertThe summer months are typically the slowest of the year for the non-ferrous business, and while there was some degree of a downward trend in demand from many parts of the world, we certainly had the markets' volatility to keep us awake. Many claim the commodities bubble has burst; others maintain that we still haven't seen the...
• TWO NEW BIR BOOKS - the ideal business gift!
  TWO NEW BIRBOOKS - the ideal business gift!Tocelebrate its 60th anniversary, BIRhas published two brand new books which were officially unveiled at theorganisation’s recent Spring Convention in Monte-Carlo.“Recycling through the ages” takes thereader on a fascinating journey through 9000 years of recycling history, startingin around 7000 BC with the collection and recycling of copper in the Middle East and the Mediterranean area. Later came therecycling of iron and other metals, as well as...
• Russian authorities plan to extend export tariffs to non-ferrous metal scrap
  Russian authorities plan to extend export tariffs to non-ferrous metal scrapBIR was informed that Russia plans to extend its export tariffs also to non ferrous metal scrap, as of 1 November 2008. We are not aware of the exact nature of these tariffs, and are awaiting further information.Following BIR’s letter to the European Commission regarding Russia’s export tariffs on ferrous scrap (see news dated 4 August 2008), the EU institutions are addressing the issue with the Russian Government an...