Have you ever driven by a house that had so many junk cars or junk car shells out front you either think that you must have missed the sign for their auto shop or why wouldn’t someone just have those removed? One of the most obvious reasons to get rid of your old junk car
Did you know that…? 1) Since World War II, the North American steel industry has reduced its energy intensity by 60%. This conservation of energy has also contributed to a significant reduction in the generation of carbon dioxide. 2) The North American steel industry has achieved a 90% reduction in the discharge of air and
Source: American Recycler The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) recently completed a project that resulted in recycling more than 6.5 million pounds of steel. In September 2003, CMA began operating the Pine Bluff Ton Container Decontamination Facility at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas to decontaminate 4,307 ton containers (TC) stored at the arsenal. Although empty,
From: the American Iron and Steel Institute 1. Millions of tons of iron and steel are diverted from the waste stream to the recycling stream due to steel’s magnetic properties that make it the easiest material to separate from the solid waste stream. 2. Almost 69% of all steel is recycled in North America each
Source: American Recycler Updated September 6th, 2011. Scrap metal market watch graph from December 2006 to September 2011. Over last month, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies rose 1% Over last year, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies rose 36% Over two years ago, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies rose 82%
Source: American Recycler Mechel OAO has launched a modernized steelmaking complex at its Romanian-based subsidiary Ductil Steel Otelu Rosu. Octavian Tunea, Gerhard Fuchs and Igor Zyuzin pressed the launch button for the reconstructed steelmaking complex, which includes a new electric arc furnace with the COSS system with capacity of some 810,000 tons per year, an
Source: American Recycler Updated through second quarter 2011 Scrap metal market watch graph from 1st quarter 2007 to second quarter 2011 Over last quarter, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies declined by 3% Over Q2 2010, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies rose 29% Over Q2 2009, scrap metal prices for crushed auto
Source: American Recycler Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the United States imported a total of 2,446,000 net tons (NT) of steel in March, including 1,850,000 NT of finished steel (up 33 percent and 29 percent, respectively, from February final data). Finished steel import market share
Source: American Recycler Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 1,777,000 net tons (NT) of steel in February, including 1,371,000 NT of finished steel (down 16 percent and 19 percent, respectively, from January final data). Finished steel import market share in
Source: American Recycler by Mike Breslin Everyone in the recycling industry is aware of the many benefits of recycled steel. It’s less expensive and more environmentally sound than drawing materials from nature, and its recyclability virtually endless. A basic North American oxygen furnace uses anywhere from 25 to 35 percent recycled steel to make new