Aurubis Orders three New Converters

Germany-based Aurubis AG is to take delivery of three new converters, which will be supplied by SMS group and used to produce blister copper, an important stage in the copper production process. The converters will be installed at the company’s headquarters in Hamburg. They are scheduled to be put into operation in fall 2019. The […]

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Dutch Company is Building a Plant in the UK

In July 2019, Dutch N+P Group BV intends to produce alternative fuels at its new Subcoal Energy Pellet Production Plant in Teesside, UK. Subcoal is a technology to upgrade RDF (refuse-derived fuel) and SRF (solid recovered fuel) into pellets which replace such as lignite, bituminous coal and pet coke in power plants and in lime […]

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Finnish Equipment for Myanmar’s Landfills

Yangon authorities are using a new compactor – a Tana E260 – to improve the landfill management process. With more than seven million people, Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) is the largest city in Myanmar (also known as Burma). According to the information provided by Finnish firm Tana Oy, the city’s landfills need better compaction […]

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EU: Industry Initiative for Increased Recycling

In the European Union the recycling of beverage cartons is growing and reached 48 percent in 2017, the total recovery rate achieved 76 percent. ACE – the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment – has very much welcomed the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and the introduction of a mandatory separate collection of […]

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Circular Economy Challenge Aims to Find New Applications for Waste Materials in the Soda Production Process

Ennomotive, the leading open innovation platform for engineering challenges, just launched a competition to find new applications for “post soda-lime”, such as marketable solutions or products. Despite its high efficiency and effectiveness, Solvay soda production is burdened with large amounts of waste and by-products from the process, which account for approximately 40 % of the […]

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European Union: Trade in Recyclable Raw Materials

In 2018, exports from the EU member states to non-EU countries amounted to 36.8 million tons. According to the statistical figures of Eurostat (the statistical office of the European Union), this volume represented an increase of 69 percent compared with the end of 2004. The value of these exported recyclable materials, which included plastics, paper […]

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Recyclable Fiber Is Finalist for Belgian Innovation Award

Belgian producer of polyolefin fibers Beaulieu Fibres International was nominated for the 2019 essenscia Innovation Award, the most prestigious prize for industrial innovation in Belgium. The company was named for its recently introduced UltraBond fiber. Formally introduced in early 2019, it is a patented polyolefin bonding staple fiber “that eliminates the need for latex or […]

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Songwon Partnered with German Company

South Korean Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. announced that it is able to package its products in 20 kilogram PE-bags made with 50 percent recycled Polyethylene (PE). The chemical company and manufacturer has collaborated with the German packaging specialists, RPC bpi Nordfolien, to develop PE-bags for packaging 20 kilograms of product “using recycled materials originating from […]

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Kenya: Plastic Bottle Recycling Initiative at Schools

In Kenya an initiative to engage schools in safe disposal and recycling of plastic bottles was launched by the national Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the industry, businessdailyafrica.com reported. Students in Nairobi schools would be trained in the best practice of plastic waste management. Plastic waste bins would also be distributed in homes and […]

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New Pilot Facilities Planned

Swedish mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) intends to invest in pilot plants for phosphorus and rare earth metals. The company will invest 45 million Swedish kronor (converted into US-Dollar: nearly five million) in pilot plants as part of a pre-feasibility study “to define a process that enables recycling of mine waste through innovative processing, producing […]

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