Text no.: 011 Issue RW08/2021 Publication date: 21.04.2021

Bvse blasts steel industry’s efforts

to achieve EU ban on scrap exports

(D) – As climate change concerns take on increasing importance, the steel industry is coming under pressure to decarbonise. It seeks to significantly reduce its CO2 emissions by shifting to "green steel" production. But to... more

Text no.: 012 Issue RW08/2021 Publication date: 21.04.2021

News in brief: Palm plans to start up new containerboard machine in Q2

Palm plans to start up its new containerboard machine PM 5 at its Aalen mill in Germany in the second quarter of this year. The company told EUWID that in view of numerous coronavirus-related issues, it does not want to pin the... more

Text no.: 013 Issue RW08/2021 Publication date: 21.04.2021

Tomra sees itself well positioned for stricter

rules on waste exports, new deposit systems

(N) – Norwegian sorting and collection technology supplier Tomra considers its position strong in a regulatory environment which is evolving to place greater importance on recyclate quality. In an overview of legislative changes that have... more

Text no.: 014 Issue RW08/2021 Publication date: 21.04.2021

Schnitzer Steel posts "best results in a decade" in Q2

(USA) – US scrap metal recycler and steelmaker Schnitzer Steel profited from sharp increases in ferrous and non-ferrous prices in its most recent financial quarter. Demand surged following "many quarters of destocking", CEO... more

Text no.: 015 Issue RW08/2021 Publication date: 21.04.2021

EU’s steel scrap exports to

Turkey reach new record in 2020

(EU) – The 27 EU states exported around 11.8 million tonnes of steel scrap to Turkey last year, more than ever before. Compared to 2019, this is an increase by 20 percent, according to figures recently published by the European statistics... more