Austria-based international technology Group Andritz has received an order from Pyrum Innovations AG to supply a complete tire recycling plant for their thermolysis facility in Dillingen (Germany); start-up is planned for spring 2019. As reported, the new recycling equipment from the house of Andritz will process car and truck tires with a maximum diameter of […]
Chinese Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. has placed an order with Germany-based SMS group to supply new ConSo R6 injectors for the electric arc furnace No. 3 of its plant in Luhe district, one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. Erection and commissioning of the equipment are scheduled for 2019. […]
Befesa S.A., a leading European company regarding steel dust and aluminum salt slags recycling services, has signed an agreement with the Jiangsu Changzhou Economic Zone to develop its recycling services business in China. According to Befesa, the company will acquire the land use right in the Chinese city of Changzhou to build its first electric […]
In 1969, Eriez Magnetics was the first company to patent both permanent magnetic and electromagnetic Eddy Current Separators (ECS). Just a few years before, at a product seminar held in front of Eriez Headquarters and industry guests, the world’s first Eddy Current Separator was demonstrated by Bill Benson who developed the unit alongside Eriez Research […]
In January this year, USA-based Itronics Inc., a producer of fertilizers and silver products, announced that it has recently started research and development to recover tin and copper from the silver bullion being produced by its printed circuit board refining pilot plant. According to the company, tin was on the list of 35 minerals deemed […]
The German chemical concern BASF has for the first-time manufactured products based on chemically recycled plastic waste, the company informed some weeks ago. According to the information, BASF wants to make a significant contribution in reducing the amount of plastic waste. “With our ChemCycling project, we are using plastic waste as a resource. In this […]
In January this year, the first foundation pile of the ArcelorMittal’s Steelanol plant in Belgium has been driven into the ground, the first of 1,800 piles that will support the future installations of the plant. In June last year, the international steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has begun construction of new premises at its site […]
A national technology to process and explore energy from organic waste started being tested in the city of Rio de Janeiro. As reported, the pilot plant is installed in a processing facility of the City Company of Urban Cleaning (Comlurb) in the Caju neighborhood and has in January completed a month in operation. According to […]
Global Recycling Day 2019 took place in cities across the world a few days ago, with every corner of the globe uniting to celebrate the importance of recycling. The initiative, from the Global Recycling Foundation, is dedicated to celebrating the importance of recycling and making the world think resource not waste. This year’s event focused […]
Operation “Demeter IV” targeted illegal trafficking of waste. As reported by Belgium-based World Customs Organization, in total 75 customs administrations participated in the joint global operation last year, which yielded over 326,133 tons and 54,782 pieces of different types of waste. Throughout the operation – conducted between 4 June and 8 July 2018 – customs […]