Mauritius: Slow recovery for scrap metal exporters[12-21-2007]
Although they were the first to ask for legislation, firms that export scrap metal have had difficulty to adapt to the severe regulations. While some are starting to pull through, others have had to lay off workers.
Scrap Supplies may have to make more employees redundant by t......
Turning scrap metal into statues of hope[12-21-2007]
For more than 20 years, Japan's popular public artist Mikuo Konoki has been transforming industrial scrap steel and other metal debris into sculptures that address issues of life and death: Their message is hope.
His work is widely known as "Ganda," a term in dialect for scrap......
KHOU:[12-21-2007]
Every scrap dealer in Houston was supposed to have a system in place to identify the sellers by now and send all of the information to the police department.
But a lot of scrap dealers don¡¯t have access to the Internet, and the city hasn¡¯t written the computer program needed......
New law to deter those who steal metal to sell as scrap[12-21-2007]
SINGAPORE: To tackle the rising spate of metal being stolen to be sold off as scrap, a new law to regulate secondhand goods dealers will come into effect on Dec 1.
Under the Secondhand Goods Dealers Act, dealers who trade in copper wires and cables as well as other items co......
Sims to morph into scrap metal giant[12-21-2007]
The world's largest recycler of scrap metal, Sims Group Ltd, said it would concentrate on integrating Metal Management Inc before it expanded further into the US ferrous and non-ferrous recycling markets.
The planned merger, which is £¦#118alued at about $US1.6 billion ($NZ 2.1......
